diff --git a/src/common/read_config.c b/src/common/read_config.c
index 0a616a54fb957c6227b2ee13ba66cce97196127d..03a60541af2feb760a7789290fc5b6de0af0bd28 100644
--- a/src/common/read_config.c
+++ b/src/common/read_config.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static int _parse_nodename(void **dest, slurm_parser_enum_t type,
 		}
 
 		if (default_nodename_tbl != NULL) {
-			s_p_hashtbl_merge(tbl, default_frontend_tbl);
+			s_p_hashtbl_merge(tbl, default_nodename_tbl);
 			s_p_hashtbl_destroy(default_nodename_tbl);
 		}
 		default_nodename_tbl = tbl;