diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCconn.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCconn.pm
index 9219e858b..99a1f94bf 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCconn.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCconn.pm
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sub mkhwconn_parse_args
     if ( !GetOptions( \%opt, qw(V|verbose h|help t p=s P=s) )) {
         return( usage() );
     }
+    return usage() if ( exists $opt{h});
 
     if ( exists $opt{t} and exists $opt{p})
     {
@@ -285,6 +286,7 @@ sub rmhwconn_parse_args
     if ( !GetOptions( \%opt, qw(V|verbose h|help) )) {
         return( usage() );
     }
+    return usage() if ( exists $opt{h});
 
     #############################################
     # Process command-line arguments