diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/updatenode b/xCAT-client/bin/updatenode
index 7fb5cd3e6..5ce3fbe83 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/updatenode
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/updatenode
@@ -142,6 +142,12 @@ if (($SECURITY) && (($SWMAINTENANCE) || defined($RERUNPS) || ($FILESYNC) || ($SN
     exit 1;
 }
 
+if ($SNFILESYNC && ($SWMAINTENANCE || defined($RERUNPS) || $SECURITY || $FILESYNC)){
+    my $msg = "If you specify the -f flag you must not specify either the -S or -k or -P or -F flags";
+    xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $msg);
+    exit 1;
+}
+
 # determine who is running the command on the client and who we will run as 
 # on the node
 my $current_userid = getpwuid($>);
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
index f16ce025b..a43280ba8 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
@@ -387,6 +387,7 @@ sub preprocess_updatenode
     {
         my $rsp = {};
         $rsp->{data}->[0] = "You can not specify both the -f and -F flags.";
+        $rsp->{errorcode}->[0] =1;
         $callback->($rsp);
         return;
     }
@@ -395,8 +396,8 @@ sub preprocess_updatenode
     {
         my $rsp = {};
         $rsp->{data}->[0] =
-          "If you specify the -f flag you must not specify either the -S or -k or -P or -F
- flags";
+          "If you specify the -f flag you must not specify either the -S or -k or -P or -F flags";
+        $rsp->{errorcode}->[0] =1;
         $callback->($rsp);
         return;
     } 
@@ -407,7 +408,8 @@ sub preprocess_updatenode
     {
         my $rsp = {};
         $rsp->{data}->[0] =
-          "If you use the -k flag, you cannot specify the -S,-P,-f  or -F flags.";
+          "If you use the -k flag, you cannot specify the -S,-P,-f or -F flags.";
+        $rsp->{errorcode}->[0] =1;
         $callback->($rsp);
         return;
     }