diff --git a/src/common/slurm_protocol_socket_implementation.c b/src/common/slurm_protocol_socket_implementation.c
index 2034528b07a2235e323354a36f092606ce2de17b..1d725c0941a8d793da7df36e7d82d230baa3d61f 100644
--- a/src/common/slurm_protocol_socket_implementation.c
+++ b/src/common/slurm_protocol_socket_implementation.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
 #include "src/common/xmalloc.h"
 #include "src/common/util-net.h"
 
-#define PORT_RETRIES    2
+#define PORT_RETRIES    0
 #define MIN_USER_PORT   (IPPORT_RESERVED + 1)
 #define MAX_USER_PORT   0xffff
 #define RANDOM_USER_PORT ((uint16_t) ((lrand48() % \