diff --git a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
index 9f940dce5..9e9c7e37e 100755
--- a/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/protected/java/test/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/genotyper/UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest.java
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ public class UnifiedGenotyperIntegrationTest extends WalkerTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testReducedBamSNPs() {
-        testReducedCalling("SNP", "f5ccbc96d0d66832dd9b3c5cb6507db4");
+        testReducedCalling("SNP", "dee6590e3b7079890bc3a9cb372c297e");
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/FisherStrand.java b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/FisherStrand.java
index bdf7baec9..52072d10c 100755
--- a/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/FisherStrand.java
+++ b/public/java/src/org/broadinstitute/sting/gatk/walkers/annotator/FisherStrand.java
@@ -276,6 +276,12 @@ public class FisherStrand extends InfoFieldAnnotation implements StandardAnnotat
 
         for ( Map.Entry<String, AlignmentContext> sample : stratifiedContexts.entrySet() ) {
             for (PileupElement p : sample.getValue().getBasePileup()) {
+
+                // ignore reduced reads because they are always on the forward strand!
+                // TODO -- when het compression is enabled in RR, we somehow need to allow those reads through into the Fisher test
+                if ( p.getRead().isReducedRead() )
+                    continue;
+
                 if ( ! RankSumTest.isUsableBase(p, false) ) // ignore deletions
                     continue;