diff --git a/stock_inventory_product_exhausted/models/stock_inventory.py b/stock_inventory_product_exhausted/models/stock_inventory.py
index d384c88..cad759e 100644
--- a/stock_inventory_product_exhausted/models/stock_inventory.py
+++ b/stock_inventory_product_exhausted/models/stock_inventory.py
@@ -110,4 +110,7 @@ class StockQuant(models.Model):
         This may need review to ensure it doesn't conflict
         with standard Odoo behavior.
         """
-        _logger.debug("Preventing automatic unlinking of zero quants")
+        if self.product_tmpl_id.active:
+            _logger.debug("Preventing automatic unlinking of zero quants")
+        else:
+            super()._unlink_zero_quants()