diff --git a/PhysicsAnalysis/Algorithms/AsgAnalysisAlgorithms/Root/AsgxAODNTupleMakerAlg.cxx b/PhysicsAnalysis/Algorithms/AsgAnalysisAlgorithms/Root/AsgxAODNTupleMakerAlg.cxx
index 1851db4aacb1f317e2d08087af8feb927964f8fa..ee034e36a4481dc5b93fa9f398cf8c4eced491ff 100644
--- a/PhysicsAnalysis/Algorithms/AsgAnalysisAlgorithms/Root/AsgxAODNTupleMakerAlg.cxx
+++ b/PhysicsAnalysis/Algorithms/AsgAnalysisAlgorithms/Root/AsgxAODNTupleMakerAlg.cxx
@@ -466,7 +466,31 @@ namespace CP {
       if( auxName.find( "%SYS%" ) != std::string::npos )
       {
          systematicsDecoration = true;
-         const CP::SystematicSet affecting = m_systematicsService->getDecorSystematics( match[ 1 ], auxName );
+         CP::SystematicSet affecting = m_systematicsService->getDecorSystematics( match[ 1 ], auxName );
+         if( affecting.empty() )
+         {
+            // Sometimes while object systematics were applied we are not interested in them,
+            // NOSYS will then be used on the container name.
+            // Decoration systematics however will only be aware of containers with %SYS% included.
+            // Some special handling is needed to translate from NOSYS back to %SYS%.
+            const auto nosysInKey = key.find( "NOSYS" );
+            if( nosysInKey != std::string::npos )
+            {
+               std::string sysKey = key;
+               sysKey.replace (nosysInKey, 5, "%SYS%");
+               // these will be all systematics (object+decor)
+               const CP::SystematicSet affectingDecor = m_systematicsService->getDecorSystematics( sysKey, auxName );
+               // we now need to filter-out object systematics
+               const CP::SystematicSet affectingObject = m_systematicsService->getObjectSystematics( sysKey );
+               for( const CP::SystematicVariation &variation : affectingDecor )
+               {
+                  if( affectingObject.find( variation ) == affectingObject.end() )
+                  {
+                     affecting.insert( variation );
+                  }
+               }
+            }            
+         }
          CP::SystematicSet matching;
          ANA_CHECK( SystematicSet::filterForAffectingSystematics( sys, affecting, matching ) );
          if( !nominal && matching.empty() ) {