diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
index 1ecba36d50..0ecbfdc55d 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/responsetypes.py
@@ -633,9 +633,11 @@ class MultipleChoiceResponse(LoncapaResponse):
         # define correct choices (after calling secondary setup)
         xml = self.xml
         cxml = xml.xpath('//*[@id=$id]//choice', id=xml.get('id'))
-        self.correct_choices = [contextualize_text(choice.get('name'),
-            self.context) for choice in cxml if
-            contextualize_text(choice.get('correct'), self.context) == "true"]
+        # contextualize correct attribute and then select ones for which
+        # correct = "true"
+        self.correct_choices = [contextualize_text(choice.get('name'), self.context)
+            for choice in cxml
+            if contextualize_text(choice.get('correct'), self.context) == "true"]
 
     def mc_setup_response(self):
         '''