diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 25ee8462e..2dbb8fed8 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -2157,7 +2157,7 @@ sub get_request {
     my $encode = shift;
     my $request = shift;
     if ($encode eq "xml") {
-        my $line = "";
+        my $line = $request;
         while ((!$request) || ($request !~ m/<\/xcatrequest>/)) { 
             my $flags=fcntl($sock,F_GETFL,0);
             $flags |= O_NONBLOCK; #we want sysread to bail on us, select seems to be evil to us still..
@@ -2171,7 +2171,7 @@ sub get_request {
             $flags=fcntl($sock,F_GETFL,0);
             $flags &= ~O_NONBLOCK; #now we want *print* to be blocking IO
             fcntl($sock,F_SETFL,$flags);
-            $request .= $line;
+            $request = $line;
         }
         return eval { XMLin($request, SuppressEmpty=>undef,ForceArray=>1) };
     } elsif ($encode eq "storable") {