diff --git a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/dist_tasks.c b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/dist_tasks.c
index 7046a3757cf5de743fa5bbdf20af96ffcaa7d93e..f8b23adc2c60d86aac608320cf7466f6037d7669 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/cons_res/dist_tasks.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/cons_res/dist_tasks.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static int _compute_c_b_task_dist(struct job_record *job_ptr)
 		if (job_ptr->details->ntasks_per_node == 0)
 			maxtasks = maxtasks / job_ptr->details->cpus_per_task;
 		else
-			maxtasks = job_ptr->details->ntasks_per_node;
+			maxtasks = job_ptr->details->ntasks_per_node * job_res->nhosts;
 	}
 
 	/* Safe guard if the user didn't specified a lower number of