diff --git a/admin/cron.php b/admin/cron.php
index 485671a2919..ff19e6f33c3 100644
--- a/admin/cron.php
+++ b/admin/cron.php
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@
         unset($enrol);
     }
 
-    if (!empty($CFG->enablestats)) {
+    if (!empty($CFG->enablestats) and empty($CFG->disablestatsprocessing)) {
 
         // check we're not before our runtime
         $timetocheck = strtotime("$CFG->statsruntimestarthour:$CFG->statsruntimestartminute today");