diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 0ff6669f9..87f8c85b3 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1892,6 +1892,7 @@ sub relay_fds { #Relays file descriptors from pipes to children to the SSL socke
             close($rin);
          }
       }
+      chomp($clientintr);
       unless ($clientintr) {
          next;
       }