diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index b5993d85e..fc491b881 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -2024,7 +2024,8 @@ sub get_request {
         }
         return eval { XMLin($request, SuppressEmpty=>undef,ForceArray=>1) };
     } elsif ($encode eq "storable") {
-        return fd_retrieve($sock);
+        my $return = eval { fd_retrieve($sock); }; # suppres end of stream err
+        return $return;
     }
 }