diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/executor/JobExecutor.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/executor/JobExecutor.java
index 0b69024..01201a6 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/executor/JobExecutor.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-control/hyracks-control-cc/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/control/cc/executor/JobExecutor.java
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@
             Object location = solver.getValue(pLocationExpr);
             if (location == null) {
                 // pick any
-                nodeId = liveNodes.toArray(new String[liveNodes.size()])[random.nextInt(1) % liveNodes.size()];
+                nodeId = liveNodes.toArray(new String[liveNodes.size()])[random.nextInt(liveNodes.size())];
             } else if (location instanceof String) {
                 nodeId = (String) location;
             } else if (location instanceof String[]) {