diff --git a/cataloguing/moveitem.pl b/cataloguing/moveitem.pl
index ec59c258ff..03ca711694 100755
--- a/cataloguing/moveitem.pl
+++ b/cataloguing/moveitem.pl
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ use Modern::Perl;
 
 use CGI qw ( -utf8 );
 use C4::Auth qw( get_template_and_user );
+use C4::Circulation qw( barcodedecode );
 use C4::Output qw( output_html_with_http_headers );
 
 use Koha::Biblios;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ my $query = CGI->new;
 my $biblionumber = $query->param('biblionumber');
 
 # The barcode of the item to move
-my $barcode	 = $query->param('barcode');
+my $barcode = barcodedecode($query->param('barcode'));
+
 
 my ($template, $loggedinuser, $cookie) = get_template_and_user(
     {