diff --git a/app/Models/Depreciable.php b/app/Models/Depreciable.php
index 9bbf4fcbf..cfc42aa94 100644
--- a/app/Models/Depreciable.php
+++ b/app/Models/Depreciable.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class Depreciable extends SnipeModel
      */
     public function getLinearDepreciatedValue() // TODO - for testing it might be nice to have an optional $relative_to param here, defaulted to 'now'
     {
-        if ($this->purchase_date) {
+        if (($this->get_depreciation()) && ($this->purchase_date)) {
             $months_passed = ($this->purchase_date->diff(now())->m)+($this->purchase_date->diff(now())->y*12);
         } else {
             return null;