diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
index 4e77f8b3d..7724e0f0f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/statelite.pm
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ sub process_request {
             foreach my $child (@{$childrenRef}) {
                 my @tmpc = split (/\s+/, $child);
                 my $name = $tmpc[1];
-                my @newentries = grep /\s+$name$/, @{listNew};
+                my @newentries = grep /\s+$name$/, @{$listNew};
                 my @entry;
                 
                 if (scalar @newentries == 1) {