diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
index 4faa725b8..880160f42 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
@@ -780,6 +780,7 @@ sub setobjdefs
 
             $montable->commit;
             $monsettable->commit;
+            $objhash{$objname}{updated} = 1;
             next;
         }    #if ($type eq 'monitoring')
 
@@ -870,6 +871,9 @@ sub setobjdefs
                 }
 
             }
+            unless ($ret) {
+                $objhash{$objname}{updated} = 1;
+            }
 
             $thistable->commit;