diff --git a/acqui/neworderempty.pl b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
index 807a82b19b..0a279c0cf7 100755
--- a/acqui/neworderempty.pl
+++ b/acqui/neworderempty.pl
@@ -389,13 +389,14 @@ $template->param(
     total            => sprintf( "%.2f", ($data->{ecost} || 0) * ($data->{'quantity'} || 0) ),
     ecost            => sprintf( "%.2f", $data->{ecost} || 0),
     unitprice        => sprintf( "%.2f", $data->{unitprice} || 0),
-    notes            => $data->{'notes'},
     publishercode    => $data->{'publishercode'},
     barcode_subfield => $barcode_subfield,
     import_batch_id  => $import_batch_id,
     (uc(C4::Context->preference("marcflavour"))) => 1
 );
 
+$template->param ( notes => $data->{'notes'} ) if ( $ordernumber );
+
 output_html_with_http_headers $input, $cookie, $template->output;
 
 
diff --git a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
index 536d439766..8a1534a0f3 100644
--- a/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
+++ b/koha-tmpl/intranet-tmpl/prog/en/modules/acqui/neworderempty.tt
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ $(document).ready(function()
             </li>
             <li>
                 <label for="notes">Notes: </label>
-                <textarea id="notes" cols="30" rows="3" name="notes" >[% notes %]</textarea>
+                <textarea id="notes" cols="30" rows="3" name="notes" >[% IF ( notes ) %][% notes %][% END %]</textarea>
             </li>
             <li><div class="hint">The 2 following fields are available for your own usage. They can be useful for statistical purposes</div>
                 <label for="sort1">Statistic 1: </label>