diff --git a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/ahdc/HelixFit/HelixFitJava.java b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/ahdc/HelixFit/HelixFitJava.java
index d75ee8e2c5..55a50a4c78 100644
--- a/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/ahdc/HelixFit/HelixFitJava.java
+++ b/reconstruction/alert/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/ahdc/HelixFit/HelixFitJava.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ void rwsmin(double v[], double b[], int n, int m, int nrank)
 
 
 	    // --------- Loop begins ----------
-	    nrank = n - ni;
+	    nrank = 0;
 	    
 	    for (i=1; i<=ni; i++)
 	    {
diff --git a/reconstruction/rtpc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/rtpc/hit/HelixFitJava.java b/reconstruction/rtpc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/rtpc/hit/HelixFitJava.java
index 15309ed66f..7c4268074a 100644
--- a/reconstruction/rtpc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/rtpc/hit/HelixFitJava.java
+++ b/reconstruction/rtpc/src/main/java/org/jlab/rec/rtpc/hit/HelixFitJava.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ void rwsmin(double v[], double b[], int n, int m, int nrank)
 
 
 	    // --------- Loop begins ----------
-	    nrank = n - ni;
+	    nrank = 0;
 	    
 	    for (i=1; i<=ni; i++)
 	    {