diff --git a/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/plugins/L1FPGATrackProducer.cc b/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/plugins/L1FPGATrackProducer.cc
index b6381bd4221e9..789ee15ba8cf1 100644
--- a/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/plugins/L1FPGATrackProducer.cc
+++ b/L1Trigger/TrackFindingTracklet/plugins/L1FPGATrackProducer.cc
@@ -739,6 +739,9 @@ void L1FPGATrackProducer::produce(edm::Event& iEvent, const edm::EventSetup& iSe
     aTrack.setStubPtConsistency(
         StubPtConsistency::getConsistency(aTrack, theTrackerGeom, tTopo, settings_.bfield(), settings_.nHelixPar()));
 
+    // set TTTrack word first to allow Track Quality MVA to read variables:
+    aTrack.setTrackWordBits();
+
     if (trackQuality_) {
       trackQualityModel_->setL1TrackQuality(aTrack);
     }