diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c b/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
index 1e3b63776a8e5c2150b1e563e9a26ee63db35c0f..1da6b0024e60c7de26634149242b76094ef2d395 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cray/select_cray.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ extern int select_p_step_start(struct step_record *step_ptr)
 		}
 		bit_or(jobinfo->used_blades, step_jobinfo->blade_map);
 	}
-	return other_step_finish(step_ptr);
+	return other_step_start(step_ptr);
 }