diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/xcatd.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/xcatd.pm
index 33f6412ca..67891d54e 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/xcatd.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/xcatd.pm
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ sub validate {
   # check to see if peerhost is trusted
   foreach $rule (@$policies) {
      
-    if (($rule->{name} and (($rule->{name} eq $peerhost) || ($rule->{name} eq $peerhostorg)))  && ($rule->{rule}=~ /trusted/i)) {
+    if (($rule->{name} and $rule->{name} eq $peername)  && ($rule->{rule}=~ /trusted/i)) {
      $peerstatus="Trusted";
      last;
     }