diff --git a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/l10n/SimpleDateFormat.java b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/l10n/SimpleDateFormat.java
index 7477b58d6b..9be2ce4759 100644
--- a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/l10n/SimpleDateFormat.java
+++ b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/l10n/SimpleDateFormat.java
@@ -757,8 +757,8 @@ int parseYear(String source, String token, int ofs) throws ParseException {
             if (year > (thisYear + 20)) {
                 year -= 100;
             }
+            validateNumber(year, ofs, "year", 1000, thisYear + 1000);
         }
-        validateNumber(year, ofs, "year", 1000, thisYear + 1000);
         return year;
     }