diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
index 1faea0cc8..4f336b549 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@ sub getNodesAttribs {
                 push @locattribs,'node';
             }
             unless (grep(/^groups$/,@locattribs)) {
-                push @locattribs,'node';
+                push @locattribs,'groups';
             }
             $self->_build_cache(\@locattribs);
         } else {