diff --git a/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2 b/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
index ebcdb7202..e0c6743d2 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
+++ b/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
@@ -35,9 +35,16 @@ then
 fi
 
 nodes=`echo $1 |sed "s/,/ /g"`
-if [ -n "$ETH" ];  then 
-    nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"` 
-    nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
+if [ -n "$ETH" ];  then
+    if echo $ETH | grep hf
+    then
+        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/-hf[0-9]//g"`
+        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"`
+        nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
+    else
+        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"`
+        nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
+    fi
 fi
 
 which fping >/dev/null 2>&1