diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
index 746d82e0f..631237441 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/servicenode
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ sub runcmd
         {
             my $msg="$cmd returned rc=$rc @$outref\n";
             `logger -t xcat $msg`;
+			return 1;
         }
     }
 	return 0;