diff --git a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
index e35dc982c..ce0af2c54 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
+++ b/perl-xCAT/perl-xCAT.spec
@@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ if [ "$1" -gt 1 ]; then #Ugrade only, restart daemon and migrate settings
 fi
 %else 
 if [ "$1" -gt 1 ]; then #Ugrade only, restart daemon and migrate settings
-  XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/restartxcatd -r 
+  if [ -n "$INUCLIENTS" ] && [ $INUCLIENTS -eq 1 ]; then
+    #Do nothing in not running system
+  else
+    XCATROOT=$RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0 $RPM_INSTALL_PREFIX0/sbin/restartxcatd -r
+  fi 
 fi
 %endif
 exit 0