diff --git a/PWGHF/HFC/Tasks/taskCorrelationLcHadrons.cxx b/PWGHF/HFC/Tasks/taskCorrelationLcHadrons.cxx
index cf6c8f3772f..ede013d1f22 100644
--- a/PWGHF/HFC/Tasks/taskCorrelationLcHadrons.cxx
+++ b/PWGHF/HFC/Tasks/taskCorrelationLcHadrons.cxx
@@ -641,13 +641,17 @@ struct HfTaskCorrelationLcHadrons {
 
       // fill correlation plots for signal/bagkground correlations
       if (pairEntry.signalStatus()) {
-        registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtSignalMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
-        if (fillSign)
+        if (fillSign) {
           registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtSignSignalMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, signPair, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
+        } else {
+          registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtSignalMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
+        }
       } else {
-        registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtBkgMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
-        if (fillSign)
+        if (fillSign) {
           registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtSignBkgMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, signPair, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
+        } else {
+          registry.fill(HIST("hCorrel2DVsPtBkgMcRec"), deltaPhi, deltaEta, ptLc, ptHadron, poolBin, efficiencyWeight);
+        }
       }
       // reject entries outside Pt ranges of interest