diff --git a/C4/Acquisition.pm b/C4/Acquisition.pm
index 09cb39ced2..738fe1661e 100644
--- a/C4/Acquisition.pm
+++ b/C4/Acquisition.pm
@@ -241,6 +241,8 @@ sub GetBasketAsCSV {
     my @rows;
     foreach my $order (@orders) {
 	my @cols;
+	# newlines are not valid characters for Text::CSV combine()
+        $order->{'notes'} =~ s/[\r\n]+//g;
 	push(@cols,
 		$contract->{'contractname'},
 		$order->{'ordernumber'},