diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
index 2e17d68d8..609593acc 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariants.java
@@ -556,9 +556,9 @@ public class SelectVariants extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
         if (vc == null)
             return false;
 
-        // if we're not looking at specific samples then the absense of a compVC means discordance
-        if (NO_SAMPLES_SPECIFIED && (compVCs == null || compVCs.isEmpty()))
-            return true;
+        // if we're not looking at specific samples then the absence of a compVC means discordance
+        if (NO_SAMPLES_SPECIFIED)
+            return (compVCs == null || compVCs.isEmpty());
 
         // check if we find it in the variant rod
         Map<String, Genotype> genotypes = vc.getGenotypes(samples);
diff --git a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariantsIntegrationTest.java b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariantsIntegrationTest.java
index e4ded491b..6e994be3a 100755
--- a/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariantsIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/public/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/SelectVariantsIntegrationTest.java
@@ -64,6 +64,19 @@ public class SelectVariantsIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
         executeTest("testDiscordance--" + testFile, spec);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void testDiscordanceNoSampleSpecified() {
+        String testFile = validationDataLocation + "NA12878.hg19.example1.vcf";
+
+        WalkerTestSpec spec = new WalkerTestSpec(
+                "-T SelectVariants -R " + hg19Reference + " -L 20:1012700-1020000 --variant " + b37hapmapGenotypes + " -disc " + testFile + " -o %s -NO_HEADER",
+                1,
+                Arrays.asList("5d7d899c0c4954ec59104aebfe4addd5")
+        );
+
+        executeTest("testDiscordanceNoSampleSpecified--" + testFile, spec);
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testConcordance() {
         String testFile = validationDataLocation + "NA12878.hg19.example1.vcf";