diff --git a/app/models/validations/tenancy_validations.rb b/app/models/validations/tenancy_validations.rb
index fbe337710..b3f27b4f4 100644
--- a/app/models/validations/tenancy_validations.rb
+++ b/app/models/validations/tenancy_validations.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ module Validations::TenancyValidations
   end
 
   def validate_joint_tenancy(record)
-    return unless record.collection_start_year?
+    return unless record.collection_start_year
 
     if record.hhmemb == 1 && record.joint != 2 && record.collection_start_year >= 2022
       record.errors.add :joint, I18n.t("validations.tenancy.not_joint")