diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/MultiBackend.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/MultiBackend.php
index c2bb4ab6d477168c216c2dc1e0056b8f79efa994..0b9d7c02a9b4800c24a344643551a8e655d3ddc4 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/MultiBackend.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/MultiBackend.php
@@ -215,9 +215,11 @@ class MultiBackend extends AbstractBase implements \Zend\Log\LoggerAwareInterfac
         $source = $this->getSource($id);
         $driver = $this->getDriver($source);
         if ($driver) {
-            // Don't pass on patron information belonging to another source
+            // If the patron belongs to another source, just pass on an empty array
+            // to indicate that the patron has logged in but is not available for the
+            // current catalog.
             if ($patron && $this->getSource($patron['cat_username']) !== $source) {
-                $patron = null;
+                $patron = [];
             }
             $holdings = $driver->getHolding(
                 $this->getLocalId($id),
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/Voyager.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/Voyager.php
index f93be7a2581385abba8ee983557aa18abc8c605a..7abed9a1bc9cf43e63e5599d17b36028c757317f 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/Voyager.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/Voyager.php
@@ -1016,7 +1016,7 @@ EOT;
      *
      * @SuppressWarnings(PHPMD.UnusedFormalParameter)
      */
-    protected function processHoldingData($data, $id, $patron = false)
+    protected function processHoldingData($data, $id, $patron = null)
     {
         $holding = [];
 
diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/VoyagerRestful.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/VoyagerRestful.php
index 76bd82cca96eae066482f400f862aff3a39388c5..bbae414af17e8c82dd0eb4d0ceee10c42de20c16 100644
--- a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/VoyagerRestful.php
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/ILS/Driver/VoyagerRestful.php
@@ -477,11 +477,11 @@ class VoyagerRestful extends Voyager implements \VuFindHttp\HttpServiceAwareInte
      *
      * @param array  $data   Item Data
      * @param string $id     The BIB record id
-     * @param mixed  $patron Patron Data or boolean false
+     * @param array  $patron Patron Data
      *
      * @return array Keyed data
      */
-    protected function processHoldingData($data, $id, $patron = false)
+    protected function processHoldingData($data, $id, $patron = null)
     {
         $holding = parent::processHoldingData($data, $id, $patron);
 
@@ -551,7 +551,8 @@ class VoyagerRestful extends Voyager implements \VuFindHttp\HttpServiceAwareInte
 
             $ILLRequest = '';
             $addILLRequestLink = false;
-            if ($patron && $isILLRequestAllowed) {
+            // Check only that a patron has logged in
+            if (null !== $patron && $isILLRequestAllowed) {
                 $ILLRequest = 'auto';
                 $addILLRequestLink = 'check';
             }