diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds b/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
index 81c51191d..b63c7e467 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/xcatDBcmds
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ my @checkcmds = ("nimnodeset", "mkdsklsnode", "rmdsklsnode", "xcat2nim", "nimnod
 if (grep(/^$bname$/, @checkcmds) ) { 
 	# strip off all options
 	# use getopt instead of getopts to let long options pass through
-	getopt('bdismotp');
+	getopt('dismot');
 	# check the operands for a noderange
 	while (my $a = shift(@ARGV)) {
 		if (!($a =~ /=/) && !($a =~ /^-/)) {