diff --git a/src/Microsoft.ML.Transforms/Dracula/CountTargetEncodingTransformer.cs b/src/Microsoft.ML.Transforms/Dracula/CountTargetEncodingTransformer.cs
index 93e75ead3d..7f91126738 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.ML.Transforms/Dracula/CountTargetEncodingTransformer.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.ML.Transforms/Dracula/CountTargetEncodingTransformer.cs
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ internal static CountTableEstimator LoadFromFile(IHostEnvironment env, string in
                 else if (transformer is TransformerChain<ITransformer> chain)
                 {
                     var transformerChain = ((ITransformerChainAccessor)chain).Transformers;
-                    for (int i = transformerChain.Length - 1; i >= 0; i++)
+                    for (int i = transformerChain.Length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
                     {
                         countTableTransformer = transformerChain[i] as CountTableTransformer;
                         if (countTableTransformer == null)