diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b1228a976c079a102c84bd3cefd6a6c830c924b5..ba262ce1c7ae708b927979b5d0192cd0570f2048 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 This file describes changes in recent versions of SLURM. It primarily
 documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins. 
 
-* Changes in SLURM 1.1.0-pre9
-=============================
+* Changes in SLURM 1.1.1
+========================
+ -- Fix bug in packing job suspend/resume RPC.
+
+* Changes in SLURM 1.1.0
+========================
  -- Fix bug that could temporarily make nodes DOWN when they are really 
     responding. 
  -- Fix bug preventing backup slurmctld from responding to PING RPCs.
diff --git a/src/api/suspend.c b/src/api/suspend.c
index aa8009584f76370adad6e1ab5ce9a7e97a72c378..a2fcff640408cf552eaae2cdf6c882290e75da2e 100644
--- a/src/api/suspend.c
+++ b/src/api/suspend.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ static int _suspend_op (uint16_t op, uint32_t job_id);
 static int _suspend_op (uint16_t op, uint32_t job_id)
 {
 	int rc;
-	checkpoint_msg_t sus_req;
+	suspend_msg_t sus_req;
 	slurm_msg_t req_msg;
 
 	sus_req.op       = op;