diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 48397a9df..d2cf5d107 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -1726,6 +1726,10 @@ sub create_postscripts_tar
 {
     my ($class) = @_;
     my $cmd;
+	if (!(-e  "/install/autoinst")) {
+	   mkdir ("/install/autoinst");
+    }
+
 	$cmd="cd /install/postscripts;tar -cjf /install/autoinst/xcatpost.tar.bz2 * .ssh/*";
     my @result = xCAT::Utils->runcmd($cmd, 0);
     if ($::RUNCMD_RC != 0)