diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
index 5fa55e53b..fd8d81f33 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/SvrUtils.pm
@@ -249,11 +249,7 @@ sub getsynclistfile()
     }
     foreach my $osimage (@profiles) {
       my $synclist = $osimage_t->getAttribs({imagename=>"$osimage"}, 'synclists');
-      if (-r $synclist->{'synclists'}) {
-        $osimage_syncfile{$osimage} = $synclist->{'synclists'};
-      } else {
-        $osimage_syncfile{$osimage} = undef;
-      }
+      $osimage_syncfile{$osimage} = $synclist->{'synclists'};
     }
 
     # set the syncfiles to the nodes
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
index 0a510855d..94b595125 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/updatenode.pm
@@ -306,6 +306,16 @@ sub updatenode {
       }
     }
 
+    # Check the existence of the synclist file
+    foreach my $synclist (keys %syncfile_node) {
+      if (! (-r $synclist)) {
+        my $rsp={};
+        $rsp->{data}->[0]= "The Synclist file $synclist which specified for certain node does NOT existed.";
+        xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $rsp, $callback);
+        return 1;
+      }
+    }
+
     # Sync files to the target nodes
     foreach my $synclist (keys %syncfile_node) {
       my $args = ["-F", "$synclist"];