diff --git a/template/en/default/filterexceptions.pl b/template/en/default/filterexceptions.pl
index e93f0b5e41e92c93b9ee250df6e8e31309fc749c..c5334c343428885e17534d93e8c51c5763472bc5 100644
--- a/template/en/default/filterexceptions.pl
+++ b/template/en/default/filterexceptions.pl
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@
 ],
 
 'reports/report-table.csv.tmpl' => [
-  'num_bugs',
   'data.$tbl.$col.$row',
   'colsepchar',
 ],
diff --git a/template/en/default/reports/report-table.csv.tmpl b/template/en/default/reports/report-table.csv.tmpl
index 96dca3d58f2c8b8f25a43c570fafc5110d07fd09..0abb68ece919a92b23dcc8c4f82cb22b0cdca497 100644
--- a/template/en/default/reports/report-table.csv.tmpl
+++ b/template/en/default/reports/report-table.csv.tmpl
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     [% END %]
   [% END -%]
 [% ELSE -%]
-  [% colsepchar %][% num_bugs %]
+  [% colsepchar %][% num_bugs FILTER csv %]
 [% END %]
 
 [% FOREACH row = row_names %]