diff --git a/community/modules/scheduler/schedmd-slurm-gcp-v6-controller/modules/slurm_files/scripts/util.py b/community/modules/scheduler/schedmd-slurm-gcp-v6-controller/modules/slurm_files/scripts/util.py
index c8b3fc9704..605283c5bb 100755
--- a/community/modules/scheduler/schedmd-slurm-gcp-v6-controller/modules/slurm_files/scripts/util.py
+++ b/community/modules/scheduler/schedmd-slurm-gcp-v6-controller/modules/slurm_files/scripts/util.py
@@ -1607,7 +1607,7 @@ def node_is_tpu(self, node_name=None):
         return self.cfg.nodeset_tpu.get(nodeset_name) is not None
     
     def node_is_fr(self, node_name:str) -> bool:
-        return self.node_nodeset(node_name).future_reservation is not None
+        return bool(self.node_nodeset(node_name).future_reservation)
 
     def is_dormant_fr_node(self, node_name:str) -> bool:
         fr = self.future_reservation(self.node_nodeset(node_name))