diff --git a/src/slurmctld/controller.c b/src/slurmctld/controller.c
index f498ff464213eb7bea7a4bbb75835328846a3753..2ebfaa0b35c1d97bb079a718eaf8607613d6aa3c 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/controller.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/controller.c
@@ -1814,6 +1814,7 @@ init_ctld_conf ( slurm_ctl_conf_t * conf_ptr )
 	conf_ptr->control_machine    	= NULL ;
 	conf_ptr->epilog           	= NULL ;
 	conf_ptr->fast_schedule     	= 1 ;
+	conf_ptr->first_job_id     	= 1 ;
 	conf_ptr->hash_base         	= 10 ;
 	conf_ptr->heartbeat_interval	= 30;
 	conf_ptr->inactive_limit	= 0;		/* unlimited */