diff --git a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/litefile.csv b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/litefile.csv
index 5465c2ca9..7f4e0cd77 100644
--- a/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/litefile.csv
+++ b/xCAT-IBMhpc/share/xcat/IBMhpc/gpfs/litefile.csv
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #image,file,options,comments,disable
-"ALL","/var/mmfs/","persistent","for GPFS",
+"ALL","/var/mmfs/","tmpfs","for GPFS",
 "ALL","/var/adm/ras/","persistent","for GPFS",
 "ALL","/gpfs/",,"for GPFS",