diff --git a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
index 0af2efb1259ecef46a5c067ac3485a285bd423eb..eb7c137e1fa2a0a9af0d970eb47e0379f8dab457 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/node_mgr.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static int _list_find_config (void *config_entry, void *key)
 {
 	if (strcmp (key, "universal_key") == 0)
 		return 1;
-	return SLURM_SUCCESS;
+	return 0;
 }