diff --git a/src/pretix/control/templatetags/getitem.py b/src/pretix/control/templatetags/getitem.py
index e65643d860..41889c5b13 100644
--- a/src/pretix/control/templatetags/getitem.py
+++ b/src/pretix/control/templatetags/getitem.py
@@ -29,4 +29,9 @@ def getitem_filter(value, itemname):
     if not value:
         return ''
 
-    return value.get(itemname, '')
+    try:
+        return value[itemname]
+    except KeyError:
+        return ''
+    except TypeError:
+        return ''