diff --git a/C4/Items.pm b/C4/Items.pm
index e08376fb7b..8204b3e562 100644
--- a/C4/Items.pm
+++ b/C4/Items.pm
@@ -1259,6 +1259,10 @@ counts Usage of itemnumber in Analytical bibliorecords.
 sub GetAnalyticsCount {
     my ($itemnumber) = @_;
 
+    if ( !C4::Context->preference('EasyAnalyticalRecords') ) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
     ### ZOOM search here
     my $query;
     $query= "hi=".$itemnumber;