diff --git a/src/slurmctld/power_save.c b/src/slurmctld/power_save.c
index bb7192e23d162fe1032131ccf578825fae8fb3d6..d3ee319a80c593029612c9b2dfc9002ceab4334c 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/power_save.c
+++ b/src/slurmctld/power_save.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ static int _init_power_config(void)
 			if (!part_ptr) {
 				error("power_save module disabled, "
 					"invalid excluded partition %s",
-					part_ptr);
+					one_part);
 				rc = -1;
 				break;
 			}