diff --git a/app/controllers/exercise_questions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/exercise_questions_controller.rb
index 9b029d265..58f3a7e71 100644
--- a/app/controllers/exercise_questions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/exercise_questions_controller.rb
@@ -364,10 +364,10 @@ class ExerciseQuestionsController < ApplicationController
               Rails.logger.info("#####_________update_objective_score___________##############{update_objective_score}")
               if update_objective_score != 0
                 objective_score = ex_user.objective_score
-                subjective_score = ex_user.subjective_score
-                total_score_subjective_score = subjective_score < 0.0 ? 0.0 : subjective_score
-                total_score = objective_score + update_objective_score + total_score_subjective_score
-                ex_user.update_attributes(objective_score:objective_score,score:total_score)
+                new_objective_score = objective_score + update_objective_score
+                total_score = ex_user.score + update_objective_score
+                total_score = total_score < 0.0 ? 0.0 : total_score
+                ex_user.update_attributes(objective_score:new_objective_score,score:total_score)
               end
               Rails.logger.info("#####_________ex_user.score___________##############{ex_user.score}")
               # user = ex_user.user