diff --git a/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c b/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
index ff7693d8c..6d9ffb5e8 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ parse_resources(xmlDocPtr doc)
     xmlXPathObjectPtr result;
     int k;
 
-    if (xml_bvalue(node, "pooled", false)) flags |= RTF_POOLED;
+    if (xml_bvalue(node, "pooled", true)) flags |= RTF_POOLED;
 
     property = xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST "name");
     assert(property!=NULL);