diff --git a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
index 3895d87b88d5623659fa06466888b0c5bee8fdc5..4071a01d842718276ba7b15367b4a5f175b7bb19 100644
--- a/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
+++ b/src/slurmctld/slurmctld.h
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
  * with reason JobHeldUser.
  */
 #ifndef MAX_BATCH_REQUEUE
-#define MAX_BATCH_REQUEUE 5
+#define MAX_BATCH_REQUEUE 1
 #endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************\