diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NotifHandler.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NotifHandler.pm
index c23db6325..c70b73942 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NotifHandler.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NotifHandler.pm
@@ -311,9 +311,6 @@ sub notify {
     my ($modname, $path, $suffix) = fileparse($_, ".pm");
      # print "modname=$modname, path=$path, suffix=$suffix\n";
     if ($suffix =~ /.pm/) { #it is a perl module
-      my $pid;
-      if ($pid=xCAT::Utils->xfork()) { }
-      elsif (defined($pid)) {
 	my $fname;
         if (($path eq "") || ($path eq ".\/")) {
           #default path is /opt/xcat/lib/perl/xCAT_monitoring/ if there is no path specified
@@ -328,8 +325,7 @@ sub notify {
         else {
           ${"xCAT_monitoring::".$modname."::"}{processTableChanges}->($action, $tablename, $old_data, $new_data);
         }
-        exit 0;
-      }
+        return 0;
     }
     else { #it is a command
       my $pid;