diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
index 8b6142f03..277d76b71 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
@@ -134,8 +134,9 @@ sub parse_args {
     #}
     
     my $nodes = $request->{node};
+    my $typehash = xCAT::DBobjUtils->getnodetype(\@$nodes, "ppc");
     foreach my $nn (@$nodes) {
-        $request->{hwtype} = xCAT::DBobjUtils->getnodetype($nn);
+        $request->{hwtype} =$$typehash{$nn};
         last if ($request->{hwtype});
     }