diff --git a/src/api/partition_info.c b/src/api/partition_info.c
index 4f93db96dfaf43ebca8c1624438c18180916dde6..adea20c73a981e633619fca5bc0e53b2445e1ba5 100644
--- a/src/api/partition_info.c
+++ b/src/api/partition_info.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ char *slurm_sprint_partition_info ( partition_info_t * part_ptr,
 	if (part_ptr->disable_root_jobs)
 		sprintf(tmp_line, " DisableRootJobs=YES");
 	else
-		sprintf(tmp_line, " DisableRootJobs=NO ");
+		sprintf(tmp_line, " DisableRootJobs=NO");
 	xstrcat(out, tmp_line);
 
 	if (part_ptr->hidden)