diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c b/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
index 2dba3c6122fe5e14715987f843fb0b13ea5a1a64..ec2a626657631a60fe5eef2411b2f90337f29398 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
@@ -1746,6 +1746,8 @@ extern int select_p_step_start(struct step_record *step_ptr)
 		select_jobinfo_t *step_jobinfo = step_ptr->select_jobinfo->data;
 		select_nodeinfo_t *nodeinfo;
 
+		step_jobinfo->npc = jobinfo->npc;
+
 		if (!jobinfo->used_blades)
 			jobinfo->used_blades = bit_alloc(blade_cnt);