diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/pping b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
index 6e7bcaeab..fb94925ad 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/pping
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/pping
@@ -119,11 +119,8 @@ foreach my $interf (@interfaces) {
 		# make a copy of the node list and add the interface on
 		$noderef = [ @nodes ];
 		foreach (@$noderef) {
-                    if ($interf =~ /hf\d$/ && /-hf\d$/) {
-                        s/-hf\d$/-$interf/;
-                    } else {
-                        s/$/-$interf/;
-                    }
+                     s/-hf\d$//;
+                     s/$/-$interf/;
                }
 	}
 	else {
diff --git a/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2 b/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
index e0c6743d2..92d3a0d35 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
+++ b/xCAT-client/sbin/pping2
@@ -36,15 +36,9 @@ fi
 
 nodes=`echo $1 |sed "s/,/ /g"`
 if [ -n "$ETH" ];  then
-    if echo $ETH | grep hf
-    then
-        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/-hf[0-9]//g"`
-        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"`
-        nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
-    else
-        nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"`
-        nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
-    fi
+    nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/-hf[0-9]//g"`
+    nodes=`echo $nodes |sed "s/ /-$ETH /g"`
+    nodes="$nodes-$ETH"
 fi
 
 which fping >/dev/null 2>&1