diff --git a/acqui/finishreceive.pl b/acqui/finishreceive.pl
index c43d858ad8..8cf8d4fa5a 100755
--- a/acqui/finishreceive.pl
+++ b/acqui/finishreceive.pl
@@ -58,9 +58,8 @@ my $cnt=0;
 my $error_url_str;	
 
 if ($quantityrec > $origquantityrec ) {
-	my @items_err ;
 	foreach my $bc (@barcode) {
-        my $itemRecord = TransformKohaToMarc({
+		my $item_hash = {
                     "items.replacementprice" => $replacement,
                     "items.price"            => $cost,
                     "items.booksellerid"     => $supplierid,
@@ -71,13 +70,16 @@ if ($quantityrec > $origquantityrec ) {
                     "items.itype"          => $itemtype[$cnt],
                     "items.location"          => $location[$cnt],
                     "items.enumchron"          => $enumchron[$cnt], # FIXME : No integration here with serials module.
-                    "items.loan"             => 0, });
+                    "items.loan"             => 0, 
+					};
+		$item_hash->{'items.cn_source'} = C4::Context->preference('DefaultClassificationSource') if(C4::Context->preference('DefaultClassificationSource') );
+		# FIXME : cn_sort is populated by Items::_set_derived_columns_for_add , which is never called with AddItemFromMarc .  Bug 2403
+        my $itemRecord = TransformKohaToMarc($item_hash);
 		$cnt++;
-		my $item_hash = TransformMarcToKoha(undef,$itemRecord,'','items');
-		# FIXME: possible race condition here.  duplicate barcode check should happen in AddItem, but for now we have to do it here.
+		$item_hash = TransformMarcToKoha(undef,$itemRecord,'','items');
+		# FIXME: possible race condition.  duplicate barcode check should happen in AddItem, but for now we have to do it here.
 		my %err = CheckItemPreSave($item_hash);
 		if(%err) {
-			push @items_err, \%err;
 			for my $err_cnd (keys %err) {
 				$error_url_str .= "&error=" . $err_cnd . "&error_param=" . $err{$err_cnd};
 			}