diff --git a/admin/columns_settings.pl b/admin/columns_settings.pl
index 55ebb66e2e..7fd2c1b18c 100755
--- a/admin/columns_settings.pl
+++ b/admin/columns_settings.pl
@@ -74,9 +74,9 @@ if ( $action eq 'save' ) {
 if ( $action eq 'list' ) {
     my $modules = C4::Utils::DataTables::TablesSettings::get_modules;
     $template->param(
-        panel   => defined $input->param('module') ? $input->param('module') : undef,
-        page    => defined $input->param('page') ? $input->param('page') : undef,
-        table   => defined $input->param('table') ? $input->param('table') : undef,
+        panel   => scalar $input->param('module'),
+        page    => scalar $input->param('page'),
+        table   => scalar $input->param('table'),
         modules => $modules,
     );
 }