diff --git a/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/Solr/HandlerMap.php b/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/Solr/HandlerMap.php
index 60c26880af0e054b8c7eb92510cb3c9e46168958..491289567ebe643c765ab5c4129028d08723745b 100644
--- a/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/Solr/HandlerMap.php
+++ b/module/VuFindSearch/src/VuFindSearch/Backend/Solr/HandlerMap.php
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class HandlerMap extends AbstractHandlerMap
                         )
                     );
                 }
-                $fallback = $definition['fallback'];
+                $fallback = $handler;
             }
             if (isset($definition['functions'])) {
                 foreach ((array)$definition['functions'] as $function) {