diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
index dcc0e5899..aeb3052a3 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/InstUtils.pm
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ sub myxCATname
         }
     }
 
+	if (!$name) {
+		$name = hostname();
+	}
+
     my $shorthost;
     ($shorthost = $name) =~ s/\..*$//;
     chomp $shorthost;
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 97348a12b..6bbafec18 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -1037,7 +1037,6 @@ sub runcmd
 
 	# get this systems name as known by xCAT management node
 	my $Sname = xCAT::InstUtils->myxCATname();
-	chomp $Sname;
 
 	if ($::VERBOSE)
 	{