diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
index ccb34232c..f77c5f06d 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/Template.pm
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ sub subvars {
           }
           close ($inh);
       }
-  }
 
-  # append the partition file into the $inc to do the replacement
-  $inc .= "\nFFFFFFFFFFFFPARTITIONFILESTART\n".$partcontent;
+      # append the partition file into the $inc to do the replacement
+      $inc .= "\nFFFFFFFFFFFFPARTITIONFILESTART\n".$partcontent;
+  }
 
 
   #do *all* includes, recursive for all