diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.aix b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.aix
index 20f23e2d4..76f16b73e 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.aix
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.aix
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ while (<$remote>) {
   $response .= $_;
   if ($response =~ m/<\/xcatresponse>/) {
     $rsp = eval { XMLin($response,SuppressEmpty=>undef,ForceArray=>1) };
-    if ($rsp->{serverdone}) {
-      close $remote;
-      exit $rc;
-    }
 
     if ($rsp->{errorcode}) {
       $rc = $rsp->{errorcode}[0];
     } elsif ($rsp->{error}) {
       $rc = $rsp->{error}[0];
     }
+    if ($rsp->{serverdone}) {
+      close $remote;
+      if ($rc) { $rc = 1; }
+      exit $rc;
+    }
+
     $response='';
   }
 }
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
index 3e28fc10b..20e83dbd1 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/startsyncfiles.awk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/awk -f
 BEGIN {
   if (ENVIRON["USEOPENSSLFORXCAT"]) {
-      server = "openssl s_client -quiet -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " 2> /dev/null"
+      server = "openssl s_client -connect " ENVIRON["XCATSERVER"] " 2> /dev/null"
   } else {
       server = "/inet/tcp/0/127.0.0.1/400"
   }