diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/makentp.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/makentp.pm
index 91afe08f8..7d7466f8b 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/makentp.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/makentp.pm
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ sub process_request {
         print CFGFILE "disable auth\n";
         print CFGFILE "broadcastclient\n";
     } elsif ($os =~ /sles/) {
-        print CFGFILE "driftfile /etc/ntp.drift\n";
+        print CFGFILE "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift\n";
         print CFGFILE "disable auth\n";
     } else {
         print CFGFILE "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift\n";
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
index f2a95994e..882a6161a 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/setupntp
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if [ $OS_TYPE = Linux ]; then
     mkdir -p /var/lib/ntp
     chown ntp /var/lib/ntp
     if ( pmatch $OSVER "sles*" ) || ( pmatch $OSVER "suse*" ) || [ -f /etc/SuSE-release ];then
-        echo "driftfile /etc/ntp.drift" >>$conf_file
+        echo "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift/ntp.drift" >>$conf_file
     else 
         echo "driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift" >>$conf_file
     fi