diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
index f3e80aaa8..0f914415e 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/sles/genimage
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ if ((-d "$rootimg_dir/usr/share/dracut") or (-d "$rootimg_dir/usr/lib/dracut"))
     $dracutmode = 1;
 
     # get dracut version
-    $dracutver = `chroot $rootimg_dir rpm -qi dracut | awk '/Version/{print $3}'     `;
+    $dracutver = `chroot $rootimg_dir rpm -qi dracut | awk '/Version/{print \$3}'     `;
     chomp($dracutver);
     if ($dracutver =~ /^\d\d\d$/) {
         if ($dracutver >= "033") {