diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index f2f005a9c01b4f5839142fff1ada0dba12176386..dcb0c5cdfe5d2afe8e1aa313899e8d8c90bd2377 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -5672,7 +5672,8 @@ void pack_job(struct job_record *dump_job_ptr, uint16_t show_flags, Buf buffer,
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->comment, buffer);
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->gres, buffer);
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->batch_host, buffer);
-		if ((show_flags & SHOW_DETAIL) &&
+		if (!IS_JOB_COMPLETED(dump_job_ptr) &&
+		    (show_flags & SHOW_DETAIL) &&
 		    ((dump_job_ptr->user_id == (uint32_t) uid) ||
 		     validate_slurm_user(uid))) {
 			char *batch_script = get_job_script(dump_job_ptr);