diff --git a/roles/slurm/templates/slurm.conf.j2 b/roles/slurm/templates/slurm.conf.j2
index a1535220bb43b6ee403e772872dd19ae38c7423c..7832ac9a5be7ec84409c754f6eeed9f84c2d3143 100644
--- a/roles/slurm/templates/slurm.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/slurm/templates/slurm.conf.j2
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ MpiParams=ports=12000-12999
 {% endfor %}
 {% endfor %}
 {% for node in nodelist|unique %}
-NodeName={{ node }} Procs={{ hostvars[node]['ansible_processor_cores'] }} State=UNKNOWN
+NodeName={{ node }} Procs={{ hostvars[node]['ansible_processor_vcpus'] }} State=UNKNOWN
 {% endfor %}
 
 {% for queue in slurmqueues %}