diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
index 89533bd21adcd82378059a04b0c59bcd016a9196..4b0313a383743f6c78cfd03f2b92f60b6328028e 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
@@ -1046,7 +1046,6 @@ static int _attempt_backfill(void)
 
 		part_ptr = job_queue_rec->part_ptr;
 		job_ptr->part_ptr = part_ptr;
-		job_ptr->part_ptr = part_ptr;
 		job_ptr->priority = job_queue_rec->priority;
 		mcs_select = slurm_mcs_get_select(job_ptr);