diff --git a/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.controller.js b/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.controller.js
index f952329e8..438743691 100644
--- a/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.controller.js
+++ b/src/controller/cve.controller/cve.controller.js
@@ -113,22 +113,22 @@ async function getFilteredCves (req, res, next) {
       for (let i = 0; i < timeModified.timeStamp.length; i++) {
         if (timeModified.dateOperator[i] === 'lt') {
           if (cnaModified) {
-            options.hint = { 'cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated': 1 }
             query['cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated'] = {}
             // Due to this not being the mongo created date object, we need to actually check the "ISO String" version of this _NOT_ the date object that is being created in the middleware
             query['cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated'].$lt = timeModifiedLtDateObject.toISOString()
           } else {
             query['time.modified'].$lt = timeModified.timeStamp[i]
           }
+          options.hint = { 'cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated': 1 }
         } else {
           if (cnaModified) {
-            options.hint = { 'cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated': 1 }
             query['cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated'] = {}
             // Due to this not being the mongo created date object, we need to actually check the "ISO String" version of this _NOT_ the date object that is being created in the middleware
             query['cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated'].$gt = timeModifiedGtDateObject.toISOString()
           } else {
             query['time.modified'].$gt = timeModified.timeStamp[i]
           }
+          options.hint = { 'cve.containers.cna.providerMetadata.dateUpdated': 1 }
         }
       }
     }