diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPUtils.pm
index 619571d77..0c858873f 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPUtils.pm
@@ -225,14 +225,23 @@ sub getTypeOfNode
 {
     my $class      = shift;
     my $node        = shift;
+    my $callback   = shift;
     
     my $nodetypetab = xCAT::Table->new( 'nodetype');
 
-    xCAT::MsgUtils->message('E', "Failed to open table 'nodetype'.") if ( ! $nodetypetab);
+    if (!$nodetypetab) {
+        my $rsp;
+        $rsp->{errorcode}->[0] = [1];
+        $rsp->{data}->[0]= "Failed to open table 'nodetype'";
+        xCAT::MsgUtils->message('E', $rsp, $callback);
+    }
     my $nodetype_hash    = $nodetypetab->getNodeAttribs( $node,[qw(nodetype)]);
     my $nodetype    = $nodetype_hash->{nodetype};
     if ( !$nodetype) {
-	    xCAT::MsgUtils->message('E', "Not found the $node\'s  nodetype");	
+        my $rsp;
+        $rsp->{errorcode}->[0] = [1];
+        $rsp->{data}->[0]= "Not found the $node\'s nodetype";
+        xCAT::MsgUtils->message('E', $rsp, $callback);
         return undef;
     }
     return $nodetype;    
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index 8d9532fbf..1e6e81425 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ sub process_request {
 	        }#end of if
 	        #print "thishcp:$thishcp\n";
 	        #get the nodetype of hcp:
-	        my $thishcp_type = xCAT::FSPUtils->getTypeOfNode($thishcp);
+	        my $thishcp_type = xCAT::FSPUtils->getTypeOfNode($thishcp,$callback);
             if(!defined($thishcp_type)) {
                 $request = {};
 	            next;
@@ -1966,7 +1966,7 @@ sub getHCPsOfNodes
     my %hcps     = ();
     #get hcp from ppc.
     foreach my $node( @$nodes) {
-        my $thishcp_type = xCAT::FSPUtils->getTypeOfNode($node);
+        my $thishcp_type = xCAT::FSPUtils->getTypeOfNode($node, $callback);
         if( $thishcp_type eq "hmc") {
             $hcps{$node}{hcp} = [$node];
             $hcps{$node}{num} = 1;