diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ddns.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ddns.pm
index 1a3134c4d..ee1db7ae1 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ddns.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ddns.pm
@@ -305,7 +305,11 @@ sub process_request {
 		my $domain;
 	if ($request->{node}) { #leverage makehosts code to flesh out the options
 		require xCAT_plugin::hosts;
-		xCAT_plugin::hosts::add_hosts_content(nodelist=>$request->{node},callback=>$callback,hostsref=>\@contents);
+                my @content1;
+                my @content2;
+		xCAT_plugin::hosts::add_hosts_content(nodelist=>$request->{node},callback=>$callback,hostsref=>\@content1);
+		xCAT_plugin::hosts::donics(nodes=>$request->{node},callback=>$callback,hostsref=>\@content2);
+                @contents = (@content1, @content2);
 	} else {
 	        #legacy behavior, read from /etc/hosts
 	        my $hostsfile;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
index 88a830b07..c5d34d775 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/hosts.pm
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ sub process_request
         }    # end else
 
         # do the other node nics - if any
-        &donics($req->{node}, $callback, $DELNODE);
+        &donics(nodes=>$req->{node}, callback=>$callback, delnode=>$DELNODE);
     }
     else
     {
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ sub process_request
         }
 
         # also do nics table
-        &donics(\@allnodes, $callback, $DELNODE);
+        &donics(nodes=>\@allnodes, callback=>$callback, delnode=>$DELNODE);
     }
 
     writeout();
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ sub writeout
         Globals:
 
         Example:
-                my $rc = &donics(\@nodes, $callback, $DELNODE);
+                my $rc = &donics(nodes=>\@allnodes, callback=>$callback, delnode=>$DELNODE);
 
         Comments:
                 none
@@ -499,9 +499,10 @@ sub writeout
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub donics
 {
-    my $nodes    = shift;
-    my $callback = shift;
-	my $delnode	 = shift;
+    my %args = @_;
+    my $nodes = $args{nodes};
+    my $callback = $args{callback};
+    my $delnode = $args{delnode};
 
     my @nodelist = @{$nodes};
 
@@ -718,6 +719,10 @@ sub donics
         }    # end for each nic
     }    # end for each node
 
+    if ($args{hostsref}) {
+    	@{$args{hostsref}} = @hosts;
+    }
+
     $nettab->close;
     $nicstab->close;