diff --git a/PWGDQ/TableProducer/tableMaker_withAssoc.cxx b/PWGDQ/TableProducer/tableMaker_withAssoc.cxx
index a8c39eeb184..2be35a784a8 100644
--- a/PWGDQ/TableProducer/tableMaker_withAssoc.cxx
+++ b/PWGDQ/TableProducer/tableMaker_withAssoc.cxx
@@ -888,11 +888,16 @@ struct TableMaker {
         zorro.setBCtolerance(fConfigZorro.fBcTolerance);
         zorro.initCCDB(fCCDB.service, fCurrentRun, bc.timestamp(), fConfigZorro.fConfigZorroTrigMask.value);
         zorro.populateExternalHists(fCurrentRun, reinterpret_cast<TH2D*>(fStatsList->At(kStatsZorroInfo)), reinterpret_cast<TH2D*>(fStatsList->At(kStatsZorroSel)));
+
+        if (!fEventCut->IsSelected(VarManager::fgValues)) {
+          continue;
+        }
+
         bool zorroSel = zorro.isSelected(bc.globalBC(), fConfigZorro.fBcTolerance, reinterpret_cast<TH2D*>(fStatsList->At(kStatsZorroSel)));
         if (zorroSel) {
           tag |= (static_cast<uint64_t>(true) << 56); // the same bit is used for this zorro selections from ccdb
         }
-        if (fConfigZorro.fConfigRunZorroSel && (!zorroSel || !fEventCut->IsSelected(VarManager::fgValues))) {
+        if (fConfigZorro.fConfigRunZorroSel && (!zorroSel)) {
           continue;
         }
       } else {