diff --git a/app/models/spree/product_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/product_decorator.rb
index 18220aaafd0..cade1d34d7c 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/product_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/product_decorator.rb
@@ -177,10 +177,7 @@ def variants_distributed_by(order_cycle, distributor)
 
   # Get the most recent import_date of a product's variants
   def import_date
-    variants.map do |variant|
-      next if variant.import_date.blank?
-      variant.import_date
-    end.sort.last
+    variants.map(&:import_date).compact.max
   end
 
   # Build a product distribution for each distributor
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
index f90de704e23..16f045b03ca 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/product_spec.rb
@@ -714,4 +714,45 @@ module Spree
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe "product import" do
+    describe "finding the most recent import date of the variants" do
+      let!(:product) { create(:product) }
+
+      let(:reference_time) { Time.zone.now.beginning_of_day }
+
+      before do
+        product.reload
+      end
+
+      context "when the variants do not have an import date" do
+        let!(:variant_a) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: nil) }
+        let!(:variant_b) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: nil) }
+
+        it "returns nil" do
+          expect(product.import_date).to be_nil
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when some variants have import date and some do not" do
+        let!(:variant_a) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: nil) }
+        let!(:variant_b) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: reference_time - 1.hour) }
+        let!(:variant_c) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: reference_time - 2.hour) }
+
+        it "returns the most recent import date" do
+          expect(product.import_date).to eq(variant_b.import_date)
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "when all variants have import date" do
+        let!(:variant_a) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: reference_time - 2.hour) }
+        let!(:variant_b) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: reference_time - 1.hour) }
+        let!(:variant_c) { create(:variant, product: product, import_date: reference_time - 3.hour) }
+
+        it "returns the most recent import date" do
+          expect(product.import_date).to eq(variant_b.import_date)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end