diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_block_info.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_block_info.c
index 35b3cdfc41a6582b32e9209c92df2290aec05ad7..a4e7a836a8bf9583748f449fe0586c8cfd5460c5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_block_info.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/plugin/bg_block_info.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static int _block_is_deallocating(bg_record_t *bg_record)
 				  bg_record->user_name)) {
 				error("Partition %s was in a ready state "
 				      "for user %s but is being freed. "
-				      "Job %u was lost.",
+				      "Job %d was lost.",
 				      bg_record->bg_block_id,
 				      bg_record->user_name,
 				      bg_record->job_running);