diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8b61ddb6c406de5cdaf2866796bf881543374eef..866902f4a7248f8481683b76e67e85db433561d6 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
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  -- Set DEFAULT flag in partition structure when slurmctld reads the
     configuration file. Patch from Rémi Palancher.
+ -- Fix for possible deadlock in accounting logic: Avoid calling
+    jobacct_gather_g_getinfo() until there is data to read from the socket.
 
 
 * Changes in SLURM 2.3.3