diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadRaw3.cpp b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadRaw3.cpp
index 9d95242111e22c35c71091919e346fafd473602f..497552418704deff22aa657bd16e2c918d8cb115 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadRaw3.cpp
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/src/LoadRaw3.cpp
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ void LoadRaw3::exec() {
 
   // Loop over the number of periods in the raw file, putting each period in a
   // separate workspace
+  
   for (int period = 0; period < m_numberOfPeriods; ++period) {
     // skipping the first spectra in each period
     skipData(file, static_cast<int>(period * (m_numberOfSpectra + 1)));
@@ -218,6 +219,22 @@ void LoadRaw3::exec() {
       if (localWorkspace) {
         localWorkspace = createWorkspace(localWorkspace);
       }
+      if (bseparateMonitors) {
+        try {
+          monitorWorkspace = createWorkspace(monitorWorkspace, monitorwsSpecs,
+                                             m_lengthIn, m_lengthIn - 1);
+        } catch (std::out_of_range &) {
+          g_log.information() << "Separate Monitors option is selected and no "
+                                 "monitors in the selected specra range."
+                              << std::endl;
+          g_log.information()
+              << "Error in creating one of the output workspaces" << std::endl;
+        } catch (std::runtime_error &) {
+          g_log.information() << "Separate Monitors option is selected,Error "
+                                 "in creating one of the output workspaces"
+                              << std::endl;
+        }
+      } // end of separate Monitors
 
       if (bLoadlogFiles) {
         const int period_number = period + 1;
@@ -239,22 +256,6 @@ void LoadRaw3::exec() {
           createPeriodLogs(period_number, monitorWorkspace);
         }
       } // end of if loop for loadlogfiles
-      if (bseparateMonitors) {
-        try {
-          monitorWorkspace = createWorkspace(monitorWorkspace, monitorwsSpecs,
-                                             m_lengthIn, m_lengthIn - 1);
-        } catch (std::out_of_range &) {
-          g_log.information() << "Separate Monitors option is selected and no "
-                                 "monitors in the selected specra range."
-                              << std::endl;
-          g_log.information()
-              << "Error in creating one of the output workspaces" << std::endl;
-        } catch (std::runtime_error &) {
-          g_log.information() << "Separate Monitors option is selected,Error "
-                                 "in creating one of the output workspaces"
-                              << std::endl;
-        }
-      } // end of separate Monitors
     }
 
     if (bexcludeMonitors) {
diff --git a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadRaw3Test.h b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadRaw3Test.h
index 30aea2518a58723a9fa055aa22734f8b4750273f..9db6077bfe752a0ae3999728775d0b67e4db25ed 100644
--- a/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadRaw3Test.h
+++ b/Code/Mantid/Framework/DataHandling/test/LoadRaw3Test.h
@@ -584,8 +584,13 @@ public:
     // But the data should be different
     TS_ASSERT_DIFFERS( monoutsptr1->dataY(1)[555], monoutsptr2->dataY(1)[555] )
 
-    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS( &(monoutsptr1->run()), &(monoutsptr2->run()) )
-
+    // Same number of logs
+    const auto & monPeriod1Run = monoutsptr1->run();
+    const auto & monPeriod2Run = monoutsptr2->run();
+    TS_ASSERT_EQUALS(monPeriod1Run.getLogData().size(), monPeriod2Run.getLogData().size() );
+    TS_ASSERT(monPeriod1Run.hasProperty("period 1"))
+    TS_ASSERT(monPeriod2Run.hasProperty("period 2"))
+    
     Workspace_sptr wsSptr=AnalysisDataService::Instance().retrieve("multiperiod");
     WorkspaceGroup_sptr sptrWSGrp=boost::dynamic_pointer_cast<WorkspaceGroup>(wsSptr);