diff --git a/src/slurmctld/read_config.c b/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
index dadc50841fe3aba1db15dfc7dfba52be2a1ce1f2..63ff1cea208864f20fed1d54a85be02fd10678fd 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
@@ -680,7 +680,8 @@ static int _parse_part_spec(char *in_line)
 		     partition_name);
 	}
 	if (default_val == 1) {
-		if (strlen(default_part_name) > 0)
+		if ((strlen(default_part_name) > 0)
+		&&  strcmp(default_part_name,partition_name))
 			info("_parse_part_spec: changing default partition "
 				"from %s to %s", 
 				default_part_name, partition_name);