diff --git a/src/slurmdbd/proc_req.c b/src/slurmdbd/proc_req.c
index 17c03855fcde30c1f4bd4791d0fd0ec61b092c53..6eaa5ad8c957a8b6b144dd7edee207e15613f595 100644
--- a/src/slurmdbd/proc_req.c
+++ b/src/slurmdbd/proc_req.c
@@ -2764,7 +2764,7 @@ static int   _register_ctld(slurmdbd_conn_t *slurmdbd_conn,
 		fd =  slurm_open_msg_conn(&ctld_address);
 		if (fd < 0) {
 			error("CONN: can not open socket back to slurmctld",
-			      slurmdbd_conn->newsockfd,);
+			      slurmdbd_conn->newsockfd);
 		} else {
 			slurm_msg_t out_msg;
 			slurm_msg_t_init(&out_msg);