diff --git a/src/slurmd/job.c b/src/slurmd/job.c
index 86ef0880c590c75f79a9cab27549b0789652adfe..59a99d29f5847d3715099ebc1106e2807bce16a7 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/job.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/job.c
@@ -457,6 +457,6 @@ void
 job_delete_shm(slurmd_job_t *job)
 {
 	if (shm_delete_step(job->jobid, job->stepid) == SLURM_FAILURE)
-		error("deleting step:  %ld.%ld not found in shmem", 
-				(long) job->jobid, (long) job->stepid); 
+		error("deleting step:  %u.%u not found in shmem", 
+				job->jobid, job->stepid); 
 }