diff --git a/src/common/slurm_errno.c b/src/common/slurm_errno.c
index 0f0c1b19827983eea138fb7cddb22f1afbb5855b..c87d97cfccae9b676890687c8d32ec62f58b3e91 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_errno.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_errno.c
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ static slurm_errtab_t slurm_errtab[] = {
 	  "Invalid MPI plugin name"                             },
 	{ SLURM_MPI_PLUGIN_PRELAUNCH_SETUP_FAILED,
 	  "MPI plugin's pre-launch setup failed"                },
-	{ "SLURM_PLUGIN_NAME_INVALID",
+	{ SLURM_PLUGIN_NAME_INVALID,
 	  "Plugin initialization failed"			},
 
 	/* communication failures to/from slurmctld */