diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPpower.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPpower.pm
index 972c22791..9aad0c01e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPpower.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPpower.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ use xCAT::PPCcli qw(SUCCESS EXPECT_ERROR RC_ERROR NR_ERROR);
 use xCAT::PPCpower;
 use xCAT::FSPUtils;
 use xCAT::GlobalDef;
-use xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
 
 #use Data::Dumper;
 
@@ -183,6 +182,7 @@ sub powercmd_boot {
         }
     }
     if (%newnodestatus) {
+        require xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
         xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::setNodeStatusAttributes(\%newnodestatus, 1);
     }
     return (\@output);
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ sub powercmd {
     }
 
     if (%newnodestatus) {
+        require xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
         xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::setNodeStatusAttributes(\%newnodestatus, 1);
     }
     return (\@output);
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCboot.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCboot.pm
index c29da6816..80d80f919 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCboot.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCboot.pm
@@ -614,6 +614,7 @@ sub rnetboot {
         my $newstat       = $::STATUS_POWERING_ON;
         my %newnodestatus = ();
         $newnodestatus{$newstat} = [$node];
+        require xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
         xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::setNodeStatusAttributes(\%newnodestatus, 1);
         return ([ [ $node, "Success", $Rc ] ]);
     }
diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCpower.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCpower.pm
index e61dbbcbf..77e73704e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCpower.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/PPCpower.pm
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ use xCAT::MsgUtils;
 use xCAT::FSPpower;
 
 use xCAT::GlobalDef;
-use xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
 
 ##########################################################################
 # Parse the command line for options and operands
@@ -301,6 +300,7 @@ sub powercmd_boot {
         }
     }
 
+    require xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
     xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::setNodeStatusAttributes(\%newnodestatus, 1);
     return (\@output);
 }
@@ -423,6 +423,7 @@ sub powercmd {
             }
         }
     }
+    require xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl;
     xCAT_monitoring::monitorctrl::setNodeStatusAttributes(\%newnodestatus, 1);
     return (\@result);
 }