diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
index fc9e9b0fd..e9745510a 100755
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/DBobjUtils.pm
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ sub setobjdefs
                             if (grep(/^$tempps$/, @xcatdefps)) {
                                 my $rsp;
                                 $rsp->{data}->[0] = "$obj: postscripts \'$tempps\' is already included in the \'xcatdefaults\'.";
-                                xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $rsp, $::callback);
+                                xCAT::MsgUtils->message("W", $rsp, $::callback);
                             } else {
                                 push @newps, $tempps;
                             }
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ sub setobjdefs
                             if (grep(/^$temppbs$/, @xcatdefpbs)) {
                                 my $rsp;
                                 $rsp->{data}->[0] = "$obj: postbootscripts \'$temppbs\' is already included in the \'xcatdefaults\'.";
-                                xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $rsp, $::callback);
+                                xCAT::MsgUtils->message("W", $rsp, $::callback);
                             } else {
                                 push @newpbs, $temppbs;
                             }