diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
index ebe4db629..02485108c 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/variantutils/VariantsToTable.java
@@ -198,8 +198,8 @@ public class VariantsToTable extends RodWalker<Integer, Integer> {
             return 0;
 
         for ( VariantContext vc : tracker.getValues(variants, context.getLocation())) {
-            nRecords++;
             if ( showFiltered || vc.isNotFiltered() ) {
+                nRecords++;
                 for ( final List<String> record : extractFields(vc, fieldsToTake, genotypeFieldsToTake, samples, ALLOW_MISSING_DATA, splitMultiAllelic) ) {
                     if ( moltenizeOutput )
                         emitMoltenizedOutput(record);