diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
index 801d975ed0048715377750f48d42c266cd411e26..fac84b791746b8ed076ead227b0472f411f90d20 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/select_cons_res.c
@@ -875,11 +875,10 @@ static int _add_job_to_res(struct job_record *job_ptr, int action)
 			/* Job started or resumed and it's allocated resources
 			 * are already in use by some other job. Typically due
 			 * to manually resuming a job. */
-			error("cons_res: ERROR: job overflow: "
+			error("cons_res: job overflow: "
 			      "could not find idle resources for job %u",
 			      job_ptr->job_id);
-			/* just add the job to the last row for now */
-			_add_job_to_row(job, &(p_ptr->row[p_ptr->num_rows-1]));
+			/* No row available to record this job */
 		}
 		/* update the node state */
 		for (i = 0, n = -1; i < select_node_cnt; i++) {