diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index 3a11a8d3f..22fcc24d4 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ EOMS
    print $inifile "  exit\n";
    print $inifile "fi\n";
 
+   print $inifile "\$NEWROOT/etc/init.d/localdisk\n"; # to run the localdisk
    # udevd needed by s390x for networking
    # but for other type of machine, udevd will affect the start of devices which detected
    #  after the chroot, so kill it before the switching root
@@ -1382,7 +1383,6 @@ EOMS
    }
 
    print $inifile "cd /\n";
-   print $inifile "\$NEWROOT/etc/init.d/localdisk\n"; # to run the localdisk
    print $inifile "mkdir \$NEWROOT/var/lib/dhcpcd/\n";	#neccessary for SLES11, not sure for SLES10
    print $inifile "cp /var/lib/dhcpcd/* \$NEWROOT/var/lib/dhcpcd/\n";
    print $inifile "cp /etc/resolv.conf \$NEWROOT/etc/\n";