diff --git a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemimport/ItemImportServiceImpl.java b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemimport/ItemImportServiceImpl.java
index 8f1e43a5c8..8fa39910bb 100644
--- a/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemimport/ItemImportServiceImpl.java
+++ b/dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/itemimport/ItemImportServiceImpl.java
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ public class ItemImportServiceImpl implements ItemImportService, InitializingBea
                 {
                     clist = mycollections;
                 }
-                addItem(c, mycollections, sourceDir, dircontents[i], mapOut, template);
+                addItem(c, clist, sourceDir, dircontents[i], mapOut, template);
                 System.out.println(i + " " + dircontents[i]);
             }
         }