diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0016_auto_20190512_2119.py b/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0016_auto_20190512_2119.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..582e68d277
--- /dev/null
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/migrations/0016_auto_20190512_2119.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Generated by Django 2.2 on 2019-05-12 11:19
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('stock', '0015_stockitem_delete_on_deplete'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='stockitem',
+            name='updated',
+            field=models.DateField(auto_now=True, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/InvenTree/stock/models.py b/InvenTree/stock/models.py
index 09b9cafff4..f4956d32e6 100644
--- a/InvenTree/stock/models.py
+++ b/InvenTree/stock/models.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ class StockItem(models.Model):
 
     quantity = models.PositiveIntegerField(validators=[MinValueValidator(0)], default=1)
 
-    updated = models.DateField(auto_now=True)
+    updated = models.DateField(auto_now=True, null=True)
 
     # last time the stock was checked / counted
     stocktake_date = models.DateField(blank=True, null=True)