diff --git a/src/slurmctld/sched_upcalls.c b/src/slurmctld/sched_upcalls.c
index cc6ba626387f59be2a8b7f86eca3f17ee35c8a5c..d330c3e2bcdfb9ccc71b72f9f8e308a135426712 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/sched_upcalls.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/sched_upcalls.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ sched_cancel_job( const uint32_t job_id )
 	 */
 	debug3( "Scheduler plugin requested cancellation of job %u", job_id );
 	lock_slurmctld( job_write_lock );
-	rc = job_signal( job_id, SIGKILL, getuid() );
+	rc = job_signal( job_id, SIGKILL, 0, getuid() );
 	unlock_slurmctld( job_write_lock );
 
 	return rc;