diff --git a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
index 3c071887980a0fc217d923a1b803535a3657748d..1f516393c298c128b5f74e551e4ca2a231e88bbb 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/job_mgr.c
@@ -5530,7 +5530,8 @@ void pack_job(struct job_record *dump_job_ptr, uint16_t show_flags, Buf buffer,
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->comment, buffer);
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->gres, buffer);
 		packstr(dump_job_ptr->batch_host, buffer);
-		if ((show_flags & SHOW_DETAIL) &&
+		if (!IS_JOB_COMPLETED(dump_job_ptr) &&
+		    (show_flags & SHOW_DETAIL) &&
 		    ((dump_job_ptr->user_id == (uint32_t) uid) ||
 		     validate_slurm_user(uid))) {
 			char *batch_script = get_job_script(dump_job_ptr);