diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/gpfs_updates b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/gpfs_updates
index 6ab6eaabb..5d8c9fd34 100755
--- a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/gpfs_updates
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/gpfs_updates
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ else  # assume Linux
     fi
     if [ ! -e $gpfsprofile.sh ]; then
         echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin' > $gpfsprofile.sh
-        echo 'setenv PATH $PATH:/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin' > $gpfsprofile.csh
+        echo 'setenv PATH ${PATH}:/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin' > $gpfsprofile.csh
         # Turn off LANG support since we did not install other msg catalogs
         echo 'export LC_CTYPE=POSIX' >> $gpfsprofile.sh
         echo 'setenv LC_CTYPE POSIX' >> $gpfsprofile.csh