diff --git a/checkin_notes b/checkin_notes
index 7fe096eb55..f0c84123fc 100755
--- a/checkin_notes
+++ b/checkin_notes
@@ -3992,3 +3992,8 @@ Eric K 24 Apr 07
         cs_scheduler.C
         client_state.h
 
+David  25 Apr 2007
+	- eliminate spurious "work fetch too big" message
+
+	client/
+		work_fetch.C
diff --git a/client/work_fetch.C b/client/work_fetch.C
index 80a766797c..80eaca5e29 100644
--- a/client/work_fetch.C
+++ b/client/work_fetch.C
@@ -579,7 +579,8 @@ bool CLIENT_STATE::compute_work_requests() {
 
         // sanity check
         //
-        double x = work_buf_total()*ncpus;
+        double x = 1.01*work_buf_total()*ncpus;
+            // the 1.01 is for round-off error
         if (pbest->work_request > x) {
         	msg_printf(NULL, MSG_INTERNAL_ERROR,
         	    "Proposed work request %f bigger than max %f",