diff --git a/src/orchestrator/resmgnt.c b/src/orchestrator/resmgnt.c
index 0071bc8c..8a06eb4f 100644
--- a/src/orchestrator/resmgnt.c
+++ b/src/orchestrator/resmgnt.c
@@ -1069,7 +1069,7 @@ recomputeTimes(struct resTracer * res) {
  */
 static int
 recomputeCPUTimes_u(int32_t CPUno, node_t * skip) {
-	if (-1 == CPUno)	// default, not assigned
+	if (0 > CPUno)	// default, not assigned
 		return 0;
 
 	resTracer_t * trc;