diff --git a/src/python/WMCore/WorkQueue/Policy/Start/ResubmitBlock.py b/src/python/WMCore/WorkQueue/Policy/Start/ResubmitBlock.py
index 0cc2a9b457dd1..f1348ddac7c47 100644
--- a/src/python/WMCore/WorkQueue/Policy/Start/ResubmitBlock.py
+++ b/src/python/WMCore/WorkQueue/Policy/Start/ResubmitBlock.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ def __init__(self, **args):
         StartPolicyInterface.__init__(self, **args)
         self.args.setdefault('SliceType', 'NumberOfFiles')
         self.args.setdefault('SliceSize', 1)
+        self.lumiType = "NumberOfLumis"
 
     def split(self):
         """Apply policy to spec"""