diff --git a/reframe/core/pipeline.py b/reframe/core/pipeline.py
index b76fa8034a..4b06ab8e5f 100644
--- a/reframe/core/pipeline.py
+++ b/reframe/core/pipeline.py
@@ -1302,6 +1302,7 @@ def run(self):
         self.job.num_tasks = self.num_tasks
         self.job.num_tasks_per_node = self.num_tasks_per_node
         self.job.num_tasks_per_core = self.num_tasks_per_core
+        self.job.num_tasks_per_socket = self.num_tasks_per_socket
         self.job.num_cpus_per_task = self.num_cpus_per_task
         self.job.use_smt = self.use_multithreading
         self.job.time_limit = self.time_limit