diff --git a/guix/scripts/offload.scm b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
index 1e0ea1c4c6b8b648af3c06e47cc1d3c11ff871c2..bfdaa3c011b1f2d17b2b414de84049d3c3a277aa 100644
--- a/guix/scripts/offload.scm
+++ b/guix/scripts/offload.scm
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ (define (build-machine=? m1 m2)
                           (utsname:sysname uts) (utsname:release uts)
                           (utsname:machine uts)
                           (utsname:nodename uts)
-                          load
+                          (normalized-load machine load)
                           (/ free (expt 2 20) 1.))))
               machines)))