diff --git a/C4/Circulation.pm b/C4/Circulation.pm
index 330923e..cf43075 100644
--- a/C4/Circulation.pm
+++ b/C4/Circulation.pm
@@ -2679,24 +2679,23 @@ sub CanBookBeRenewed : PureFunction {
             # can be filled with available items. We can get the union of the sets simply
             # by pushing all the elements onto an array and removing the duplicates.
             my @reservable;
-            foreach my $b (@borrowernumbers) {
-                my ($borr) = C4::Members::GetMember( borrowernumber => $b);
-                foreach my $i (@itemnumbers) {
-                    my $item = GetItem($i);
-                    if (  !IsItemOnHoldAndFound($i)
-                        && IsAvailableForItemLevelRequest( $item, $borr )
-                        && CanItemBeReserved( $b, $i ) )
-                    {
-                        push( @reservable, $i );
+            my %borrowers;
+            ITEM: foreach my $i (@itemnumbers) {
+                my $item = GetItem($i);
+                next if IsItemOnHoldAndFound($i);
+                for my $b (@borrowernumbers) {
+                    my $borr = $borrowers{$b}//= C4::Members::GetMember(borrowernumber => $_);
+                    next unless IsAvailableForItemLevelRequest($item, $borr);
+                    next unless CanItemBeReserved($b,$i);
+
+                    push @reservable, $i;
+                    if (@reservable >= @borrowernumbers) {
+                        $resfound = 0;
+                        last ITEM;
                     }
+                    last;
                 }
             }
-
-            @reservable = uniq(@reservable);
-
-            if ( @reservable >= @borrowernumbers ) {
-                $resfound = 0;
-            }
         }
     }
     return ( 0, "on_reserve" ) if $resfound;    # '' when no hold was found
diff --git a/reserve/request.pl b/reserve/request.pl
index 3f4dba3..a022c99 100755
--- a/reserve/request.pl
+++ b/reserve/request.pl
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ foreach my $biblionumber (@biblionumbers) {
         } @reserves
       )
     {
+        my $priority = $res->priority();
         my %reserve;
         my @optionloop;
         for ( my $i = 1 ; $i <= $totalcount ; $i++ ) {
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ foreach my $biblionumber (@biblionumbers) {
                 @optionloop,
                 {
                     num      => $i,
-                    selected => ( $i == $res->priority() ),
+                    selected => ( $i == $priority ),
                 }
             );
         }