diff --git a/erpnext/public/js/event.js b/erpnext/public/js/event.js
index d31a2df66424e21035dc86c7fae16ac5cac9315f..d082631ed8897c5303071b63d60a4628c617a22a 100644
--- a/erpnext/public/js/event.js
+++ b/erpnext/public/js/event.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ const book_items = (frm, values) => {
 }
 
 const new_booking = (frm, value) => {
-	return frappe.xcall('erpnext.venue.doctype.item_booking.item_booking.book_new_slot', {
+	return frappe.xcall('erpnext.venue.doctype.item_booking.item_booking.book_new_slot_from_event', {
 		item: value,
 		start: frm.doc.starts_on,
 		end: frm.doc.ends_on,
diff --git a/erpnext/venue/doctype/item_booking/item_booking.py b/erpnext/venue/doctype/item_booking/item_booking.py
index 70f11c2578588298e69922acfa3e0ac0f98db5cf..418ba3f6488c758da60af7d33e3f9ee69b5658e0 100644
--- a/erpnext/venue/doctype/item_booking/item_booking.py
+++ b/erpnext/venue/doctype/item_booking/item_booking.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ from frappe.utils import (
 	sbool,
 	time_diff_in_minutes,
 )
+from frappe.utils.deprecations import deprecated
 from googleapiclient.errors import HttpError
 
 from erpnext.accounts.party import get_party_account_currency
@@ -700,7 +701,9 @@ def get_item_uoms(item_code):
 
 
 @frappe.whitelist()
+@deprecated
 def book_new_slot(**kwargs):
+	frappe.log_error("book_new_slot is deprecated: use webshop.webshop.shopping_cart.booking.book_new_slot instead")
 	try:
 		doc = frappe.get_doc(
 			{
@@ -725,6 +728,27 @@ def book_new_slot(**kwargs):
 			frappe.log_error(_("New item booking error"))
 
 
+@frappe.whitelist()
+def book_new_slot_from_event(**kwargs):
+	frappe.only_for("Desk User")
+	doc = frappe.new_doc("Item Booking")
+	doc.update({
+		"item": kwargs.get("item"),
+		"starts_on": kwargs.get("start"),
+		"ends_on": kwargs.get("end"),
+		"user": kwargs.get("user"),
+		"status": kwargs.get("status") or "In cart",
+		"event": kwargs.get("event"),
+		"all_day": kwargs.get("all_day") or 0,
+		"uom": kwargs.get("uom"),
+		"sync_with_google_calendar": kwargs.get("sync_with_google_calendar")
+		or frappe.db.get_single_value("Venue Settings", "sync_with_google_calendar"),
+		"deduct_booking_credits": sbool(kwargs.get("with_credits")),
+	})
+	doc.insert(ignore_permissions=True)
+	return doc
+
+
 @frappe.whitelist()
 def remove_booked_slot(name):
 	has_booking_permission(name, raise_exception=True)