diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 6d0a7b87c..eda5b8008 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1991,7 +1991,7 @@ sub validate {
   # check to see if peerhost is trusted
   foreach $rule (@$policies) {
      
-    if (($rule->{name} and (($rule->{name} eq $peerhost) || ($rule->{name} eq $peerhostorg)))  && ($rule->{rule}=~ /trusted/i)) {
+    if (($rule->{name} and $rule->{name} eq $peername)  && ($rule->{rule}=~ /trusted/i)) {
      $peerstatus="Trusted";
      last;
     }