diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
index ee0c04964..8b50563b7 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCdb.pm
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ sub credentials {
             }
             else
             {
-                ($ent) = $tab->getNodesAttribs( $defaultgrp{$hwtype}, qw(username password));
+                ($ent) = $tab->getNodeAttribs( $defaultgrp{$hwtype}, qw(username password));
             }
             if ( $ent){
                 if (defined($ent->{password})) { $pass = $ent->{password}; }