diff --git a/contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/pam_slurm_adopt.c b/contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/pam_slurm_adopt.c
index 215d751b35bf6be8f0cfb11366e63e4f23b0e979..30885a5e562b05fb15633e072043a3cf21addcf4 100644
--- a/contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/pam_slurm_adopt.c
+++ b/contribs/pam_slurm_adopt/pam_slurm_adopt.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ static void _init_opts(void)
 	opts.action_no_jobs = CALLERID_ACTION_DENY;
 	opts.action_unknown = CALLERID_ACTION_NEWEST;
 	opts.action_adopt_failure = CALLERID_ACTION_ALLOW;
-	opts.action_generic_failure = CALLERID_ACTION_ALLOW;
+	opts.action_generic_failure = CALLERID_ACTION_IGNORE;
 	opts.log_level = LOG_LEVEL_INFO;
 	opts.node_name = NULL;
 }