diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
index cf85ae05b8..fc5938d27b 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
@@ -711,8 +711,8 @@ static int assign_locations(orte_job_t *jdata)
                 /* map the specified number of procs to each such resource on this node,
                  * recording the locale of each proc so we know its cpuset
                  */
-                cnt = 0;
                 for (i=0; i < nobjs; i++) {
+                    cnt = 0;
                     obj = opal_hwloc_base_get_obj_by_type(node->topology->topo,
                                                           level, cache_level,
                                                           i, OPAL_HWLOC_AVAILABLE);
@@ -723,6 +723,10 @@ static int assign_locations(orte_job_t *jdata)
                         if (proc->name.jobid != jdata->jobid) {
                             continue;
                         }
+                        /* if we already assigned it, then skip */
+                        if (orte_get_attribute(&proc->attributes, ORTE_PROC_HWLOC_LOCALE, NULL, OPAL_PTR)) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
                         nprocs_mapped++;
                         cnt++;
                         orte_set_attribute(&proc->attributes, ORTE_PROC_HWLOC_LOCALE, ORTE_ATTR_LOCAL, obj, OPAL_PTR);