diff --git a/PWGCF/TwoParticleCorrelations/Tasks/diHadronCor.cxx b/PWGCF/TwoParticleCorrelations/Tasks/diHadronCor.cxx
index 13c8b352d9f..ef2c29e4f21 100644
--- a/PWGCF/TwoParticleCorrelations/Tasks/diHadronCor.cxx
+++ b/PWGCF/TwoParticleCorrelations/Tasks/diHadronCor.cxx
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ struct DiHadronCor {
   O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgLocalEfficiency, bool, false, "Use local efficiency object")
   O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgVerbosity, bool, false, "Verbose output")
   O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgUseEventWeights, bool, false, "Use event weights for mixed event")
-  O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgUsePtDiff, bool, false, "To enable pt differential vn, one needs to set this to true and set the pt bins accordingly")
+  O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgUsePtOrder, bool, true, "enable trigger pT < associated pT cut")
+  O2_DEFINE_CONFIGURABLE(cfgUsePtOrderInMixEvent, bool, true, "enable trigger pT < associated pT cut in mixed event")
 
   SliceCache cache;
 
@@ -473,10 +474,12 @@ struct DiHadronCor {
           associatedWeight = efficiencyAssociatedCache[track2.filteredIndex()];
         }
 
-        if (cfgUsePtDiff && track1.globalIndex() == track2.globalIndex())
+        if (!cfgUsePtOrder && track1.globalIndex() == track2.globalIndex())
           continue; // For pt-differential correlations, skip if the trigger and associate are the same track
-        if (!cfgUsePtDiff && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
+        if (cfgUsePtOrder && system == SameEvent && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
           continue; // Without pt-differential correlations, skip if the trigger pt is less than the associate pt
+        if (cfgUsePtOrder && system == MixedEvent && cfgUsePtOrderInMixEvent && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
+          continue; // For pt-differential correlations in mixed events, skip if the trigger pt is less than the associate pt
 
         float deltaPhi = RecoDecay::constrainAngle(track1.phi() - track2.phi(), -PIHalf);
         float deltaEta = track1.eta() - track2.eta();
@@ -540,10 +543,12 @@ struct DiHadronCor {
         if (doprocessOntheflyMixed && !genTrackSelected(track2))
           continue;
 
-        if (cfgUsePtDiff && track1.globalIndex() == track2.globalIndex())
+        if (!cfgUsePtOrder && track1.globalIndex() == track2.globalIndex())
           continue; // For pt-differential correlations, skip if the trigger and associate are the same track
-        if (!cfgUsePtDiff && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
+        if (cfgUsePtOrder && system == SameEvent && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
           continue; // Without pt-differential correlations, skip if the trigger pt is less than the associate pt
+        if (cfgUsePtOrder && system == MixedEvent && cfgUsePtOrderInMixEvent && track1.pt() <= track2.pt())
+          continue; // For pt-differential correlations in mixed events, skip if the trigger pt is less than the associate pt
 
         float deltaPhi = RecoDecay::constrainAngle(track1.phi() - track2.phi(), -PIHalf);
         float deltaEta = track1.eta() - track2.eta();