diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_linker.cc b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_linker.cc
index ad393904f36e7324c038e932dbdd258b259ea3e4..dc1118e247930f277e639bc8343c9b0a42324abb 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_linker.cc
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bl_bgq/bridge_linker.cc
@@ -616,8 +616,8 @@ extern int bridge_block_boot(bg_record_t *bg_record)
 		      "happened removing users from block %s",
 		      bg_record->bg_block_id);
 		return SLURM_ERROR;
-	} else if (rc == REMOVE_USER_NONE && user_name)
-		rc = bridge_block_add_user(bg_record, user_name);
+	} else if (rc == REMOVE_USER_NONE && bg_conf->slurm_user_name)
+		rc = bridge_block_add_user(bg_record, bg_conf->slurm_user_name);
 
 	if (rc != SLURM_SUCCESS)
 		return SLURM_ERROR;