diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerHostAllocate.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerHostAllocate.cc
index 91fe3b8fd0..7d3393f4d0 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerHostAllocate.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerHostAllocate.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ void RequestManager::HostAllocate::execute(
                                        im_mad_name, 
                                        vmm_mad_name,
                                        tm_mad_name);                         
-    if ( rc != 0 )                             
+    if ( rc == -1 )                             
     {                                            
         goto error_host_allocate;                     
     }
diff --git a/src/rm/RequestManagerUserAllocate.cc b/src/rm/RequestManagerUserAllocate.cc
index 772a540017..63aa6d18af 100644
--- a/src/rm/RequestManagerUserAllocate.cc
+++ b/src/rm/RequestManagerUserAllocate.cc
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void RequestManager::UserAllocate::execute(
     // Now let's add the user
     rc = UserAllocate::upool->allocate(&uid,username,password,true);
     
-    if ( rc != 0 )                             
+    if ( rc == -1 )                             
     {                                            
         goto error_allocate;                     
     }