diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodService.java b/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodService.java
index 2d61704dd..20f72a65d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodService.java
@@ -246,8 +246,21 @@ public ProcessingPeriodDto findPeriod(UUID programId, UUID facilityId, UUID sugg
       period = findCurrentPeriodForInitiate(programId, facilityId);
     }
 
-    if (period == null
-        || (null != suggestedPeriodId && !suggestedPeriodId.equals(period.getId()))) {
+    if (suggestedPeriodId != null && period != null) {
+
+      ProcessingPeriodDto proposedPeriod = periodReferenceDataService
+          .searchById(suggestedPeriodId);
+
+      if (!proposedPeriod.getId().equals(period.getId())) {
+        period = proposedPeriod;
+      } else {
+        throw new ValidationMessageException(new Message(
+            ERROR_PERIOD_SHOULD_BE_OLDEST_AND_NOT_ASSOCIATED));
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    if (period == null) {
       throw new ValidationMessageException(new Message(
           ERROR_PERIOD_SHOULD_BE_OLDEST_AND_NOT_ASSOCIATED));
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/web/BaseRequisitionController.java b/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/web/BaseRequisitionController.java
index 3b738b271..93fdb95e6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/web/BaseRequisitionController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/openlmis/requisition/web/BaseRequisitionController.java
@@ -217,19 +217,10 @@ InitiateResult doInitiate(UUID programId, UUID facilityId, UUID suggestedPeriod,
     profiler.start("CHECK_FACILITY_SUPPORTS_PROGRAM");
     facilitySupportsProgramHelper.checkIfFacilitySupportsProgram(facility, programId);
 
-    profiler.start("SKIP_FIND_PROCESSING_PERIOD_WHEN_NO_SUGGESTED");
-    ProcessingPeriodDto period;
+    profiler.start("FIND_PROCESSING_PERIOD");
 
-    if (suggestedPeriod != null) {
-
-      period = periodService.getPeriod(suggestedPeriod);
-    } else {
-
-      profiler.start("FIND_PROCESSING_PERIOD");
-
-      period = periodService
+    ProcessingPeriodDto period = periodService
           .findPeriod(programId, facilityId, suggestedPeriod, emergency);
-    }
 
     boolean reportOnly = period.isReportOnly();
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodServiceTest.java b/src/test/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodServiceTest.java
index 8b4592006..5e28d554e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodServiceTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/openlmis/requisition/service/PeriodServiceTest.java
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public class PeriodServiceTest {
   private UUID requisitionId = UUID.randomUUID();
 
   private ProcessingPeriodDto currentPeriod;
+  private ProcessingPeriodDto suggestedPeriod;
   private ProcessingPeriodDto period1;
   private ProcessingPeriodDto period2;
   private ProcessingPeriodDto period3;
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
     period2 = createPeriod(2);
     period3 = createPeriod(3);
     period4 = createPeriod(4);
+    suggestedPeriod = createPeriod(5);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -406,7 +408,33 @@ public void shouldThrowExceptionIfPeriodIsNotTheOldest() {
     when(periodReferenceDataService.searchByProgramAndFacility(programId, facilityId))
         .thenReturn(Lists.newArrayList(currentPeriod));
 
-    periodService.findPeriod(programId, facilityId, UUID.randomUUID(), false);
+    when(periodReferenceDataService.searchById(currentPeriod.getId()))
+        .thenReturn(currentPeriod);
+
+    periodService.findPeriod(programId, facilityId, currentPeriod.getId(), false);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void shouldThrowExceptionIfPeriodHasNoSuggestedPeriod() {
+    ProcessingScheduleDto processingScheduleDto = new ProcessingScheduleDtoDataBuilder()
+        .buildAsDto();
+
+    currentPeriod.setProcessingSchedule(processingScheduleDto);
+    currentPeriod.setId(UUID.randomUUID());
+    suggestedPeriod.setProcessingSchedule(processingScheduleDto);
+    suggestedPeriod.setId(UUID.randomUUID());
+
+    mockSupportedProgramStartDateNotSet();
+    when(periodReferenceDataService.searchByProgramAndFacility(programId, facilityId))
+        .thenReturn(Lists.newArrayList(currentPeriod));
+
+    when(periodReferenceDataService.searchById(suggestedPeriod.getId()))
+        .thenReturn(suggestedPeriod);
+
+    ProcessingPeriodDto period = periodService
+        .findPeriod(programId, facilityId, suggestedPeriod.getId(), false);
+
+    assertEquals(suggestedPeriod, period);
   }
 
   @Test(expected = ValidationMessageException.class)