diff --git a/src/plugins/switch/federation/federation.c b/src/plugins/switch/federation/federation.c
index 2324a2e4a0854d3c90301dd7d682718b26a03122..d542e567c0721ec51991f3b3dceef9e8d1b5435e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/switch/federation/federation.c
+++ b/src/plugins/switch/federation/federation.c
@@ -1766,7 +1766,7 @@ fed_load_table(fed_jobinfo_t *jp, int uid, int pid)
 				pid,
 				jp->job_key,
 				jp->job_desc,
-				1,
+				jp->bulk_xfer,
 				res.rcontext_block_count,
 				jp->tableinfo[i].table_length,
 				jp->tableinfo[i].table);