diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
index 86ca6ed35..2201d7d2e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodestat.pm
@@ -667,6 +667,7 @@ sub process_request_nmap {
           }
           $currnode=$tmpnode;
 	  $currnode =~ s/:$//;
+	  $currnode =~ s/\n$//;
 	  
 
           my $nip;