diff --git a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
index 77c6530ae49f38f9123c7149eec218ef5671fa35..2b26373a71f3567e256f57320e0dd09113c3b395 100644
--- a/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
+++ b/src/plugins/sched/backfill/backfill.c
@@ -693,7 +693,8 @@ static int _attempt_backfill(void)
 		comp_time_limit = time_limit;
 		orig_time_limit = job_ptr->time_limit;
 		qos_ptr = job_ptr->qos_ptr;
-		if (qos_ptr && (qos_ptr->flags & QOS_FLAG_NO_RESERVE) && slurm_get_preempt_mode())
+		if (qos_ptr && (qos_ptr->flags & QOS_FLAG_NO_RESERVE) &&
+		    slurm_get_preempt_mode())
 			time_limit = job_ptr->time_limit = 1;
 		else if (job_ptr->time_min && (job_ptr->time_min < time_limit))
 			time_limit = job_ptr->time_limit = job_ptr->time_min;