diff --git a/client/work_fetch.cpp b/client/work_fetch.cpp
index 6f06c1ed50..1a9bf0312f 100644
--- a/client/work_fetch.cpp
+++ b/client/work_fetch.cpp
@@ -910,12 +910,15 @@ void WORK_FETCH::handle_reply(
 // since we don't have good runtime estimates yet
 //
 void WORK_FETCH::set_initial_work_request(PROJECT* p) {
+    clear_request();
     for (int i=0; i<coprocs.n_rsc; i++) {
-        rsc_work_fetch[i].req_secs = 1;
-        if (i) {
-            RSC_WORK_FETCH& rwf = rsc_work_fetch[i];
-            if (rwf.ninstances ==  p->rsc_pwf[i].ncoprocs_excluded) {
-                rsc_work_fetch[i].req_secs = 0;
+        if (p->resource_share > 0) {
+            rsc_work_fetch[i].req_secs = 1;
+            if (i) {
+                RSC_WORK_FETCH& rwf = rsc_work_fetch[i];
+                if (rwf.ninstances ==  p->rsc_pwf[i].ncoprocs_excluded) {
+                    rsc_work_fetch[i].req_secs = 0;
+                }
             }
         }
         rsc_work_fetch[i].busy_time_estimator.reset();