diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/varianteval2/VariantEval2Walker.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/varianteval2/VariantEval2Walker.java
index 395201fae..5c4681368 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/varianteval2/VariantEval2Walker.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/oneoffprojects/walkers/varianteval2/VariantEval2Walker.java
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ public class VariantEval2Walker extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
                                      RefMetaDataTracker tracker, AlignmentContext context, boolean allowExcludes ) {
         for ( String name : names ) {
             Collection<VariantContext> contexts = tracker.getVariantContexts(name, ALLOW_VARIANT_CONTEXT_TYPES, context.getLocation(), true, true);
-            if ( context.size() > 1 )
+            if ( contexts.size() > 1 )
                 throw new StingException("Found multiple variant contexts at " + context.getLocation());
 
             VariantContext vc = contexts.size() == 1 ? contexts.iterator().next() : null;