diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
index 09937366a..acef972ca 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/PPC.pm
@@ -2064,8 +2064,9 @@ sub process_request {
 	        #my $thishcp_type = xCAT::FSPUtils->getTypeOfNode($thishcp,$callback);
 	        my  $thishcp_type = xCAT::DBobjUtils->getnodetype($thishcp);
             if(!defined($thishcp_type)) {
+                my %output = ();
                 $output{node}->[0]->{name} = [$node];
-                $output{node}->[0]->{data} = ["the $node\'s hcp type is not defined in the 'ppc' table."];
+                $output{node}->[0]->{data} = ["the type of $node\'s hcp is not defined in the 'ppc' table."];
                 $output{errorcode} = '1';
                 $callback-> (\%output);
 	            next;