diff --git a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
index 56d1e0b..ba80506 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-seo-tag/drop.rb
@@ -97,8 +97,10 @@ module Jekyll
         @date_modified ||= begin
           date = if page["seo"] && page["seo"]["date_modified"]
                    page["seo"]["date_modified"]
+                 elsif page["last_modified_at"]
+                   page["last_modified_at"].to_liquid
                  else
-                   page["last_modified_at"].to_liquid || page["date"]
+                   page["date"]
                  end
           filters.date_to_xmlschema(date) if date
         end