diff --git a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
index 8d86fa5ca..b9eddf7bc 100644
--- a/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server-2.0/lib/xcat/plugins/tabutils.pm
@@ -593,6 +593,10 @@ sub nodech
         {
             ($table, $column) = split('\.', $temp, 2);
         }
+        unless (grep /$column/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
+             $callback->({error=>"$table.$column not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
+             return;
+        }
         $tables{$table}->{$column} = [$value, $op];
     }
     foreach $tab (keys %tables)
@@ -795,6 +799,10 @@ sub nodels
                 {
                     ($table, $column) = split('\.', $temp, 2);
                 }
+                unless (grep /$column/,@{$xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$table}->{cols}}) {
+                   $callback->({error=>"$table.$column not a valid table.column description",errorcode=>[1]});
+                   next;
+                }
                 unless (grep /^$column$/, @{$tables{$table}})
                 {
                     push @{$tables{$table}},