diff --git a/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc b/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
index eee52067486289111ee79f4d4b2f175f89c959d2..3e681ef6da339e4147d8c8dedaab686c3e69bf34 100644
--- a/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
+++ b/preprocessor/ComputingTasks.cc
@@ -351,15 +351,6 @@ EstimatedParamsStatement::EstimatedParamsStatement(const vector<EstimationParams
   estim_params_list(estim_params_list_arg),
   symbol_table(symbol_table_arg)
 {
-  for (vector<EstimationParams>::const_iterator it = estim_params_list.begin();
-       it != estim_params_list.end(); it++)
-    if (it->prior == "1") //BETA_PDF is associated with "1" in DynareBison.yy
-      if (dynamic_cast<NumConstNode *>(it->mean)->isNumConstNodeEqualTo(0.5) &&
-          dynamic_cast<NumConstNode *>(it->std)->isNumConstNodeEqualTo(0.5))
-        {
-          cerr << "ERROR: The prior density is not defined for the beta distribution when the mean = standard deviation = 0.5." << endl;
-          exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-        }
 }
 
 void
@@ -367,8 +358,18 @@ EstimatedParamsStatement::checkPass(ModFileStructure &mod_file_struct)
 {
   for (vector<EstimationParams>::const_iterator it = estim_params_list.begin();
        it != estim_params_list.end(); it++)
-    if (it->name == "dsge_prior_weight")
-      mod_file_struct.dsge_prior_weight_in_estimated_params = true;
+    {
+      if (it->name == "dsge_prior_weight")
+        mod_file_struct.dsge_prior_weight_in_estimated_params = true;
+
+      if (it->prior == "1") //BETA_PDF is associated with "1" in DynareBison.yy
+        if (dynamic_cast<NumConstNode *>(it->mean)->isNumConstNodeEqualTo(0.5) &&
+            dynamic_cast<NumConstNode *>(it->std)->isNumConstNodeEqualTo(0.5))
+          {
+            cerr << "ERROR: The prior density is not defined for the beta distribution when the mean = standard deviation = 0.5." << endl;
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+          }
+    }
 }
 
 void