diff --git a/src/srun/allocate.c b/src/srun/allocate.c
index 69cba8add026c338e73d6f07400a815f0d99357d..c8f61729f652e2cb753fa970f8ea8056ef3605bf 100644
--- a/src/srun/allocate.c
+++ b/src/srun/allocate.c
@@ -392,6 +392,7 @@ allocate_nodes(void)
 	callbacks.ping = _ping_handler;
 	callbacks.timeout = _timeout_handler;
 	callbacks.job_complete = _job_complete_handler;
+	callbacks.job_suspend = NULL;
 	callbacks.user_msg = _user_msg_handler;
 	callbacks.node_fail = _node_fail_handler;