diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/SaTargetRountines.java b/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/SaTargetRountines.java
index 24e3232108f..029944f90bf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/SaTargetRountines.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/SaTargetRountines.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public class SaTargetRountines {
     // Cards
     protected List<Card> getTargetCards(SpellAbility sa) {                                  return getCards(false, "Defined", sa); }
     protected List<Card> getTargetCards(SpellAbility sa, String definedParam) {             return getCards(false, definedParam, sa); }
+    protected List<Card> getDefinedCardsOrTargeted(SpellAbility sa) {                       return getCards(true, "Defined", sa); }
     protected List<Card> getDefinedCardsOrTargeted(SpellAbility sa, String definedParam) {  return getCards(true, definedParam, sa); }
 
     private List<Card> getCards(boolean definedFirst, String definedParam, SpellAbility sa) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/effects/CountersPutEffect.java b/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/effects/CountersPutEffect.java
index dc91ff11254..cf0cf9baa0a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/effects/CountersPutEffect.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/card/ability/effects/CountersPutEffect.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public class CountersPutEffect extends SpellAbilityEffect {
             }
         }
 
-        List<Card> tgtCards = getTargetCards(sa);
+        List<Card> tgtCards = getDefinedCardsOrTargeted(sa);
 
         for (final Card tgtCard : tgtCards) {
             counterAmount = (sa.usesTargeting() && sa.hasParam("DividedAsYouChoose")) ? sa.getTargetRestrictions().getDividedValue(tgtCard) : counterAmount;