diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
index 10ffa01d3..84c4d61c5 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/zvm.pm
@@ -2920,6 +2920,9 @@ sub nodeSet {
 		if ($userProfile) {
 			@words = split( ' ', xCAT::zvmUtils->trimStr($userProfile) );
 			$out = `ssh $hcp "$::DIR/getuserprofile $words[1]" | grep "NICDEF" | grep "$hcpNetName"`;
+			if (!$out) {
+				$out = `echo "$userEntry" | grep "NICDEF" | grep "$hcpNetName"`;
+			}
 		}
 		else {
 			$out = `echo "$userEntry" | grep "NICDEF" | grep "$hcpNetName"`;