diff --git a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.9 b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.9
index 8b04f83da10d7ab0adec64e251d3f9b88b3bc41a..2c7baa41a2ed7caa574ce5c12fb7f4ec82d26d47 100644
--- a/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.9
+++ b/testsuite/expect/inc3.11.9
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ proc inc3_11_9 {} {
 
 	set core_res_num   [ expr $cores_per_node / 2 ]
 	set thread_res_num [ expr $core_res_num * $res_thread_cnt ]
+	set job_id 0
 
 	# Submit a batch job using half the threads on the nodes
 	set sbatch_pid [spawn $sbatch -w$nodes --time=10:00 --ntasks-per-node=$thread_res_num --output=/dev/null $file_in]