diff --git a/pendulum/parsing/parser.py b/pendulum/parsing/parser.py
index 90ed56b7..d64fd7c6 100644
--- a/pendulum/parsing/parser.py
+++ b/pendulum/parsing/parser.py
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ def normalize(self, parsed):
 
         :rtype: dict
         """
-        if self.is_strict():
+        if self.is_exact():
             return parsed
 
         if any(('year' not in parsed, 'month' not in parsed, 'day' not in parsed)):