diff --git a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
index 97967ac4fbd..7d6a6e1e3ce 100644
--- a/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
+++ b/PWGLF/TableProducer/Nuspex/nucleiSpectra.cxx
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ struct nucleiSpectra {
     o2::pid::tof::Beta<typename Ttrks ::iterator> responseBeta;
     auto bc = collision.template bc_as<aod::BCsWithTimestamps>();
     initCCDB(bc);
+    if (cfgSkimmedProcessing) {
+      zorro.isSelected(bc.globalBC()); /// Just let Zorro do the accounting
+    }
     gRandom->SetSeed(bc.timestamp());
 
     spectra.fill(HIST("hRecVtxZData"), collision.posZ());
@@ -704,9 +707,6 @@ struct nucleiSpectra {
     if (!eventSelection(collision)) {
       return;
     }
-    if (cfgSkimmedProcessing) {
-      zorro.isSelected(collision.bc_as<aod::BCsWithTimestamps>().globalBC()); /// Just let Zorro do the accounting
-    }
 
     fillDataInfo(collision, tracks);
     for (auto& c : nuclei::candidates) {