diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
index 6986b7ad3..6f2b802b3 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
@@ -617,7 +617,11 @@ sub mknetboot
         }
         # add the cmdline parameters for handling the local disk for stateless
         if ($cfgpart eq "yes") {
-            $kcmdline .= " PARTITION";
+            if ($statelite) {
+                $kcmdline .= " PARTITION_SLES";
+            } else {
+                $kcmdline .= " PARTITION_DOMOUNT_SLES";
+            }
         }
 
         my $initrdstr = "$rtftppath/initrd-stateless.gz";