diff --git a/src/sacctmgr/account_functions.c b/src/sacctmgr/account_functions.c
index 99a4e6e3ceaef431b504e48415691c880d4936ec..65cbeceb46185cea14a38352be49f25c78bb3c9c 100644
--- a/src/sacctmgr/account_functions.c
+++ b/src/sacctmgr/account_functions.c
@@ -992,6 +992,7 @@ extern int sacctmgr_list_account(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		field = xmalloc(sizeof(print_field_t));
 		if(!strncasecmp("Account", object, MAX(command_len, 1))
+		   || !strncasecmp("Acct", object, MAX(command_len, 4))
 		   || !strncasecmp("Name", object, MAX(command_len, 2))) {
 			field->type = PRINT_ACCOUNT;
 			field->name = xstrdup("Account");
diff --git a/src/sacctmgr/association_functions.c b/src/sacctmgr/association_functions.c
index 649011d272b361ddfd4ef3528f562db7a899e052..788554cd62ef392904f84924507e443b9f5d7527 100644
--- a/src/sacctmgr/association_functions.c
+++ b/src/sacctmgr/association_functions.c
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ extern int sacctmgr_list_association(int argc, char *argv[])
 		field = xmalloc(sizeof(print_field_t));
 
 		if(!strncasecmp("Account", object, MAX(command_len, 1))
-		   || !strncasecmp (argv[i], "Acct", MAX(command_len, 4))) {
+		   || !strncasecmp ("Acct", object, MAX(command_len, 4))) {
 			field->type = PRINT_ACCOUNT;
 			field->name = xstrdup("Account");
 			if(tree_display)
diff --git a/src/sacctmgr/user_functions.c b/src/sacctmgr/user_functions.c
index 8496b000a064a060e7e8f67baeccc3079e20185a..261548ffb0204696d6a44596fc069c8e40fd8760 100644
--- a/src/sacctmgr/user_functions.c
+++ b/src/sacctmgr/user_functions.c
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ extern int sacctmgr_list_user(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 		field = xmalloc(sizeof(print_field_t));
 		if(!strncasecmp("Account", object, MAX(command_len, 2))
-		   || !strncasecmp (argv[i], "Acct", MAX(command_len, 4))) {
+		   || !strncasecmp ("Acct", object, MAX(command_len, 4))) {
 			field->type = PRINT_ACCOUNT;
 			field->name = xstrdup("Account");
 			field->len = 10;