diff --git a/opal/mca/backtrace/darwin/configure.params b/opal/mca/backtrace/darwin/configure.params
index 79ed02a8e1..f894958f31 100644
--- a/opal/mca/backtrace/darwin/configure.params
+++ b/opal/mca/backtrace/darwin/configure.params
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@
 
 # Specific to this module
 
-PARAM_CONFIG_PRIORITY=30
+PARAM_CONFIG_PRIORITY=20
 PARAM_CONFIG_FILES="Makefile"