diff --git a/src/mpi-start.in b/src/mpi-start.in
index 9fd159383b5c94714a4c8d8cc9eac209ca84cefa..15f7ba6c3ba1a431a26197bb8fd63cd1cccf851f 100755
--- a/src/mpi-start.in
+++ b/src/mpi-start.in
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ mpi_start_dummy_scheduler() {
             n=`expr $n - 1`
         done
         echo $host > $MPI_START_HOSTFILE
-        echo "$host $slots"> $MPI_START_HOST_SLOTS_FILE
+        echo "$host $MPI_START_DUMMY_SCH_SLOTS"> $MPI_START_HOST_SLOTS_FILE
         nhosts=`expr $nhosts + 1`
         slots=`expr $slots + $MPI_START_DUMMY_SCH_SLOTS`
     done