diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
index aa1c5b040..d041591ce 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/EditSession.java
@@ -551,10 +551,11 @@ public class EditSession {
      */
     public int countBlocks(Region region, Set<BaseBlock> searchBlocks) {
         FuzzyBlockMask mask = new FuzzyBlockMask(searchBlocks);
-        BlockCount counter = new BlockCount(this, mask);
-        RegionVisitor visitor = new RegionVisitor(region, counter);
+        BlockCount count = new BlockCount();
+        RegionMaskFilter filter = new RegionMaskFilter(this, mask, count);
+        RegionVisitor visitor = new RegionVisitor(region, filter);
         OperationHelper.completeBlindly(visitor); // We can't throw exceptions, nor do we expect any
-        return counter.getCount();
+        return count.getCount();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/operation/BlockCount.java b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/operation/BlockCount.java
index 3ac2533e6..9482d141c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/operation/BlockCount.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/sk89q/worldedit/operation/BlockCount.java
@@ -19,30 +19,15 @@
 
 package com.sk89q.worldedit.operation;
 
-import com.sk89q.worldedit.EditSession;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.Vector;
 import com.sk89q.worldedit.WorldEditException;
-import com.sk89q.worldedit.masks.Mask;
 
 /**
- * Counts the number of blocks that match a given mask.
+ * Counts the number of blocks.
  */
  public class BlockCount implements RegionFunction {
 
-    private final EditSession editSession;
-    private Mask mask;
     private int count;
-
-    /**
-     * Create a new block counter.
-     *
-     * @param editSession the edit session
-     * @param mask the mask
-     */
-    public BlockCount(EditSession editSession, Mask mask) {
-        this.editSession = editSession;
-        this.mask = mask;
-    }
     
     /**
      * Returns the number of blocks that have been counted.
@@ -55,9 +40,7 @@ import com.sk89q.worldedit.masks.Mask;
 
     @Override
     public boolean apply(Vector position) throws WorldEditException {
-        if (mask.matches(editSession, position)) {
-            count++;
-        }
+        count++;
         return false;
     }