diff --git a/src/slurmctld/agent.c b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
index 7fcb4dc86a2827fbf67d7616c42a5feb34f92309..a6039507fedb769cc977c724b6b597d956ccd490 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/agent.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/agent.c
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ static void *_thread_per_group_rpc(void *args)
 	msg.address  = thread_ptr->slurm_addr;
 	msg.msg_type = msg_type;
 	msg.data     = task_ptr->msg_args_ptr;
-	msg.forward = thread_ptr->forward;
+	msg.forward  = thread_ptr->forward;
 	msg.ret_list = NULL;
 	msg.orig_addr.sin_addr.s_addr = 0;
 	msg.srun_node_id = 0;