diff --git a/opac/opac-detail.pl b/opac/opac-detail.pl
index 6a68a52873..5d0eeffcf7 100755
--- a/opac/opac-detail.pl
+++ b/opac/opac-detail.pl
@@ -1134,6 +1134,8 @@ if ( C4::Context->preference("IDREF") ) {
 # the user wants, and what's available for display
 my $opac_serial_default = C4::Context->preference('opacSerialDefaultTab');
 my $defaulttab = 
+    $viewallitems
+        ? 'holdings' :
     $opac_serial_default eq 'subscriptions' && $subscriptionsnumber
         ? 'subscriptions' :
     $opac_serial_default eq 'serialcollection' && @serialcollections > 0