diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
index dad1d0b241..7a3691684f 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/LocationsController.php
@@ -289,7 +289,12 @@ class LocationsController extends Controller
 
         // Make sure some IDs have been selected
         if ((is_array($locations_raw_array)) && (count($locations_raw_array) > 0)) {
-            $locations = Location::whereIn('id', $locations_raw_array)->get();
+            $locations = Location::whereIn('id', $locations_raw_array)
+                ->withCount('assignedAssets as assigned_assets_count')
+                ->withCount('assets as assets_count')
+                ->withCount('rtd_assets as rtd_assets_count')
+                ->withCount('children as children_count')
+                ->withCount('users as users_count')->get();
 
                 $valid_count = 0;
                 foreach ($locations as $location) {
diff --git a/app/Models/Location.php b/app/Models/Location.php
index 1122b5da15..2965ff2fc0 100755
--- a/app/Models/Location.php
+++ b/app/Models/Location.php
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ class Location extends SnipeModel
 
 
     /**
-     * Determine whether or not this location can be deleted
+     * Determine whether or not this location can be deleted.
+     *
+     * This method requires the eager loading of the relationships in order to determine whether
+     * it can be deleted. It's tempting to load those here, but that increases the query load considerably.
      *
      * @author A. Gianotto <snipe@snipe.net>
      * @since [v3.0]
@@ -104,10 +107,10 @@ class Location extends SnipeModel
     public function isDeletable()
     {
         return Gate::allows('delete', $this)
-                && ($this->assignedAssets()->count() === 0)
-                && ($this->assets()->count() === 0)
-                && ($this->children()->count() === 0)
-                && ($this->users()->count() === 0);
+                && ($this->assets_count === 0)
+                && ($this->assigned_assets_count === 0)
+                && ($this->children_count === 0)
+                && ($this->users_count === 0);
     }
 
     /**