diff --git a/app/models/event.rb b/app/models/event.rb
index ba04ba20..ff798651 100644
--- a/app/models/event.rb
+++ b/app/models/event.rb
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ class Event < ApplicationRecord
       biographies:      speakers.all? { |speaker| !speaker.biography.blank? },
       subtitle:         !subtitle.blank?,
       track:            (!track.blank? unless program.tracks.empty?),
-      difficulty_level: !difficulty_level.blank?,
+      difficulty_level: (difficulty_level.present? unless program.difficulty_levels.empty?),
       title:            true,
       abstract:         true
     }.with_indifferent_access
diff --git a/app/views/proposals/_tooltip.html.haml b/app/views/proposals/_tooltip.html.haml
index 2220451d..4dc2c2aa 100644
--- a/app/views/proposals/_tooltip.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/proposals/_tooltip.html.haml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     %li{'class'=>class_for_todo(progress_status['track'])}
       %span{'class'=>icon_for_todo(progress_status['track'])}
         = link_to 'Add a track', edit_conference_program_proposal_path(event.program.conference.short_title, event)
-  %li{'class'=>class_for_todo(progress_status['difficulty_level'])}
-    %span{'class'=>icon_for_todo(progress_status['difficulty_level'])}
-      = link_to 'Add a difficulty level', edit_conference_program_proposal_path(event.program.conference.short_title, event)
+  - unless progress_status[:difficulty_level].nil?
+    %li{'class'=>class_for_todo(progress_status['difficulty_level'])}
+      %span{'class'=>icon_for_todo(progress_status['difficulty_level'])}
+        = link_to 'Add a difficulty level', edit_conference_program_proposal_path(event.program.conference.short_title, event)