diff --git a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
index 77f4bc8b7d715b4b6acf0824e23649cc708bd069..21d741454d7e7aeec1ef85034a255b8e7a5e6da0 100644
--- a/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
+++ b/src/slurmd/slurmstepd/mgr.c
@@ -1034,9 +1034,7 @@ _fork_all_tasks(slurmd_job_t *job)
 		int i = atoi(oom_value);
 		debug("Setting slurmstepd oom_adj to %d", i);
 		set_oom_adj(i);
-	} else
-		error("NO SLURMSTEPD_OOM_ADJ");
-
+	}
 
 	if (chdir (sprivs.saved_cwd) < 0) {
 		error ("Unable to return to working directory");