diff --git a/app/models/category.rb b/app/models/category.rb
index ebeadbf9..2a4e2799 100644
--- a/app/models/category.rb
+++ b/app/models/category.rb
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class Category < ApplicationRecord
     end
   end
 
+  def parent?
+    subcategories.any?
+  end
+
   def subcategory?
     parent.present?
   end
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ class Category < ApplicationRecord
 
   private
     def category_level_limit
-      if subcategory? && parent.subcategory?
+      if (subcategory? && parent.subcategory?) || (parent? && subcategory?)
         errors.add(:parent, "can't have more than 2 levels of subcategories")
       end
     end