diff --git a/src/slurmctld/read_config.c b/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
index 26a947b5c0d0a93e781f2a7c142aa2e83a17f763..c9903dd8e0c47e91c31fcfce18373407dec746b8 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/read_config.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ int read_slurm_conf(int recover)
 	char *old_sched_type      = xstrdup(slurmctld_conf.schedtype);
 	char *old_select_type     = xstrdup(slurmctld_conf.select_type);
 	char *old_switch_type     = xstrdup(slurmctld_conf.switch_type);
-	char *state_save_dir     = xstrdup(slurmctld_conf.state_save_location);
+	char *state_save_dir      = xstrdup(slurmctld_conf.state_save_location);
 	slurm_ctl_conf_t *conf;
 	select_type_plugin_info_t old_select_type_p = 
 		(select_type_plugin_info_t) slurmctld_conf.select_type_param;