diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c
index cee76345e9d9b4a676a4f095a56770839fc42384..0237178ae3c501feec9dae7a07157b44cc5cb229 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bg_core.c
@@ -86,8 +86,8 @@ static int _post_block_free(bg_record_t *bg_record, bool restore)
 		xassert(0);
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	} else if (bg_record->modifying) {
-		info("%d others are modifing this block %s",
-		     bg_record->free_cnt, bg_record->bg_block_id);
+		info("others are modifing this block %s, don't clear it up",
+		     bg_record->bg_block_id);
 		return SLURM_SUCCESS;
 	} else if (bg_record->free_cnt) {
 		if (bg_conf->slurm_debug_flags & DEBUG_FLAG_SELECT_TYPE)