diff --git a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariants.java b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariants.java
index 6a0eec3d1..9c89aa142 100755
--- a/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariants.java
+++ b/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/CombineVariants.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class CombineVariants extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
 
         }
 
-        if (vcs.size() - numFilteredRecords < minimumN)
+        if (minimumN > 1 && (vcs.size() - numFilteredRecords < minimumN))
             return 0;
         
         VariantContext mergedVC = null;