diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
index 3bd86d81e..151ed77a3 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/esx.pm
@@ -865,15 +865,15 @@ sub get_hostview {
         push @matchvalues,$_;
     }
     my $view;
-    $subargs{filter}={'name' =~ qr/$host(?:\.|\z)/};
+    $subargs{filter}={'name' => qr/$host(?:\.|\z)/};
     $view = $args{conn}->find_entity_view(%subargs);
     if ($view) { return $view; }
     foreach (@matchvalues) {
-        $subargs{filter}={'name' =~ qr/$_(?:\.|\z)/};
+        $subargs{filter}={'name' => qr/$_(?:\.|\z)/};
         $view = $args{conn}->find_entity_view(%subargs);
         if ($view) { return $view; }
     }
-    $subargs{filter}={'name' =~ qr/localhost(?:\.|\z)/};
+    $subargs{filter}={'name' => qr/localhost(?:\.|\z)/};
     $view = $args{conn}->find_entity_view(%subargs);
     if ($view) { return $view; }
     return undef; #rest of function should be obsoleted, going to run with that assumption for 2.5 at least