diff --git a/src/common/timers.c b/src/common/timers.c
index 70c92e9b27dae90256f617082626953a5bee5ecb..1e1f5f151d096bdc5c0c7fdfe8d5363d3a0dc77d 100644
--- a/src/common/timers.c
+++ b/src/common/timers.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ extern void slurm_diff_tv_str(struct timeval *tv1,struct timeval *tv2,
 	if (from) {
 		if (!limit)
 			limit = 1000000;
-		if (delta_t){ // > limit) {
+		if (delta_t > limit) {
 			snprintf(tv_str, len_tv_str, "usec=%ld", delta_t);
 			if (!localtime_r(&tv2->tv_sec, &tm))
 				fprintf(stderr, "localtime_r() failed\n");