diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
index 6e01942e5..33635acf9 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
@@ -2112,7 +2112,7 @@ sub add_fruhash {
             my $err;
             ($err,$fruhash) = parsefru($sessdata->{currfrudata});
             if ($err) {
-                sendmsg([1,"Error reading fru area ".$sessdata->{currfruid}.": $err"]);
+                sendmsg([1,":Error reading fru area ".$sessdata->{currfruid}.": $err"]);
                 return;
             }
     }