diff --git a/src/slurmd/smgr.c b/src/slurmd/smgr.c
index 6d17607d945f7b93b88469c42e1f20056824423d..63280fda7c41b4dda12a27d5d410008e67c3bc8d 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/smgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/smgr.c
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ _session_mgr(slurmd_job_t *job)
 	 * Call interconnect_init() before becoming user
 	 */
 	if (!job->batch && (interconnect_init(job) < 0)) {
-		error("interconnect_init: %m");
+		/* error("interconnect_init: %m"); already logged */
 		exit(1);
 	}