diff --git a/CRM/Financial/Form/BatchTransaction.php b/CRM/Financial/Form/BatchTransaction.php
index 5a52547bd6f4..4d98890f3507 100644
--- a/CRM/Financial/Form/BatchTransaction.php
+++ b/CRM/Financial/Form/BatchTransaction.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CRM_Financial_Form_BatchTransaction extends CRM_Contribute_Form_Search {
   public function preProcess() {
     // This reuses some styles from search forms
     CRM_Core_Resources::singleton()->addStyleFile('civicrm', 'css/searchForm.css', 1, 'html-header');
-
+    $this->addExpectedSmartyVariable('batchStatus');
     self::$_entityID = CRM_Utils_Request::retrieve('bid', 'Positive') ? CRM_Utils_Request::retrieve('bid', 'Positive') : CRM_Utils_Array::value('batch_id', $_POST);
     $this->assign('entityID', self::$_entityID);
     if (isset(self::$_entityID)) {
diff --git a/templates/CRM/Financial/Form/Search.tpl b/templates/CRM/Financial/Form/Search.tpl
index 5eb3c91a6299..3bb72996b28f 100644
--- a/templates/CRM/Financial/Form/Search.tpl
+++ b/templates/CRM/Financial/Form/Search.tpl
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 *}
 
 {* Financial search component. *}
-{if !isset($batchStatus)}
+{if $batchStatus}
   {assign var="batchStatus" value="open"}
 {/if}
 <div id="enableDisableStatusMsg" class="crm-container" style="display:none"></div>