diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
index 84e3f7a82..04ed90758 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ logger -t xcat "Install: Setup NTP"
 # else use the master which should be a service node
 if [ "$master" =  "$sitemaster" ]; then
   if [ $NTPSERVERS ]; then
-        if [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "&lt;xcatmaster&gt;" ] || [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "<xcatmaster>" ]; then
+        if [ "$NODESETSTATE" = "statelite" ]; then
             cp -a $conf_file $conf_file_org
             echo  "" > $conf_file
         else
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ if [ "$master" =  "$sitemaster" ]; then
                 mv -f $conf_file $conf_file_backup
             fi
         fi
-        if [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "&lt;xcatmaster&gt;" ]; then
+        if [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "&lt;xcatmaster&gt;" ] || [ "$NTPSERVERS" = "<xcatmaster>" ]; then
             echo "server $master" >>$conf_file
         else
         	for i in $(echo $NTPSERVERS | tr ',' ' ')