diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
index 4cdfeac75..195c32159 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/bin/bmcsetup
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ if [ "$IPMIMFG" == 2 ]; then #IBM
         BMCPORT=`grep bmcport /tmp/ipmicfg.xml |awk -F\> '{print $2}'|awk -F\< '{print $1}'`
         if [ ! -z "$BMCPORT" ]; then
 	    let idev=0
+	    IFS=','
 	    for p in $BMCPORT; do
             	ipmitool -d $idev raw 0xc 1 1 0xc0 $p > /dev/null
             	ipmitool -d $idev raw 0x04 0x12 0x09 0x01 0x18 0x${p}1 0x00 > /dev/null
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ if [ "$IPMIMFG" == 2 ]; then #IBM
                 done
 	    	let idev=idev+1
 	    done
+	    unset IFS
         fi
     elif [ "$XPROD" == "291" ]; then
         LOCKEDUSERS=1
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ if [ "$IPMIMFG" == 2 ]; then #IBM
             BMCPORT=`grep bmcport /tmp/ipmicfg.xml |awk -F\> '{print $2}'|awk -F\< '{print $1}'`
             if [ ! -z "$BMCPORT" ]; then
 	    	let idev=0
+		    IFS=','
 		    for p in $BMCPORT; do
 	            	ipmitool -d $idev raw 0xc 1 1 0xc0 $p > /dev/null
                     CURBMCPORT=`ipmitool -d $idev raw 0xc 2 1 0xc0 0 0 | awk '{print $2}'`
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ if [ "$IPMIMFG" == 2 ]; then #IBM
                     done
 		    	    let idev=idev+1
 		    done
+		    unset IFS
             fi
         fi
     fi
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ elif [ "$IPMIMFG" == 20301 ] ; then
         BMCPORT=`grep bmcport /tmp/ipmicfg.xml |awk -F\> '{print $2}'|awk -F\< '{print $1}'`
         if [ ! -z "$BMCPORT" ]; then
 	    	let idev=0
+		    IFS=','
 		    for p in $BMCPORT; do
 	            	ipmitool -d $idev raw 0xc 1 1 0xc0 $p > /dev/null
                     # after this change, we need to watch and wait to see that it
@@ -108,6 +113,7 @@ elif [ "$IPMIMFG" == 20301 ] ; then
 
 		    	let idev=idev+1
 		    done
+		    unset IFS
         fi
 elif [ "$IPMIMFG" == "47488" ]; then
         LOCKEDUSERS=1