diff --git a/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c b/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
index 0980be39ae0..0a67f3406fa 100644
--- a/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
+++ b/opal/mca/hwloc/base/hwloc_base_util.c
@@ -2312,7 +2312,7 @@ char* opal_hwloc_base_get_location(char *locality,
             } else if (2 == index) {
                 srch = "L2";
             } else {
-                srch = "L0";
+                srch = "L1";
             }
             break;
 #else
@@ -2323,7 +2323,7 @@ char* opal_hwloc_base_get_location(char *locality,
             srch = "L2";
             break;
         case HWLOC_OBJ_L1CACHE:
-            srch = "L0";
+            srch = "L1";
             break;
 #endif
         case HWLOC_OBJ_CORE: