diff --git a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/GeoServiceImpl.java b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/GeoServiceImpl.java
index ffd793eef80..b81df06d52d 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/GeoServiceImpl.java
+++ b/components/device-mgt/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.api/src/main/java/org/wso2/carbon/device/mgt/jaxrs/service/impl/GeoServiceImpl.java
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.geo.service.Event;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.geo.service.GeoFence;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.geo.service.GeoServiceException;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.common.group.mgt.DeviceGroupConstants;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.DeviceConfigurationManager;
+import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core.config.DeviceManagementConfig;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.jaxrs.service.api.GeoService;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.jaxrs.util.Constants;
 import org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.jaxrs.util.DeviceMgtAPIUtils;
@@ -73,6 +75,14 @@ public class GeoServiceImpl implements GeoService {
     public Response getGeoDeviceStats(@PathParam("deviceId") String deviceId,
                                       @PathParam("deviceType") String deviceType,
                                       @QueryParam("from") long from, @QueryParam("to") long to) {
+        //First, check whether the Geo Location service has been enabled in the cdmf-config.xml file
+        DeviceManagementConfig deviceManagementConfig = DeviceConfigurationManager.getInstance()
+                .getDeviceManagementConfig();
+        if (deviceManagementConfig != null) {
+            if(!deviceManagementConfig.getGeoLocationConfiguration().getPublishLocationOperationResponse()){
+                return Response.status(Response.Status.BAD_REQUEST.getStatusCode()).build();
+            }
+        }
         String tableName = "IOT_PER_DEVICE_STREAM_GEO_FUSEDSPATIALEVENT";
         String fromDate = String.valueOf(from);
         String toDate = String.valueOf(to);