diff --git a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
index d7dbed06d75..5886147c446 100644
--- a/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
+++ b/Kitodo/src/main/java/org/kitodo/production/forms/massimport/MassImportForm.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private void resetValues() {
      * Event listender function called when user switches CSV separator character used to split text lines into cells.
      */
     public void changeSeparator() {
-        metadataKeys = List.of(String.join(previousCsvSeparator, metadataKeys).split(csvSeparator));
+        metadataKeys = new LinkedList<>(Arrays.asList(String.join(previousCsvSeparator, metadataKeys).split(csvSeparator)));
         records = massImportService.updateSeparator(records, previousCsvSeparator, csvSeparator);
     }