diff --git a/xCAT-client/bin/pscp b/xCAT-client/bin/pscp
index ee3e7c2c6..0b57a6935 100755
--- a/xCAT-client/bin/pscp
+++ b/xCAT-client/bin/pscp
@@ -105,12 +105,9 @@ if ($interface) {
 foreach (@nodes) {
   my $node=$_;
   while ($children > $pshmaxp) { processoutput($inputs); }
-  my $child;
   $children++;
   #scpnode(\$child,$node,@ARGV[0],$destloc);
-  scpnode(\$child,$node,\@scpargs,$destloc);
-  $inputs->add($child);
-  $nodehdl{$child} = $node;
+  scpnode($inputs,\%nodehdl,$node,\@scpargs,$destloc);
 }
 while ($inputs->count and $children) {
   processoutput($inputs);
@@ -139,6 +136,8 @@ sub processoutput { #This way, one arbiter handles output, no interrupting
   return $rc;
 }
 sub scpnode {
+  my $inputs = shift;
+  my $nodehdl = shift;
   my $out = shift;
   my $node = shift;
   my $in;
@@ -147,7 +146,10 @@ sub scpnode {
   my $scpargsr = shift;
   my @scpargs = @{$scpargsr};
   my $dest = shift;
-  open($$out, "scp -o BatchMode=yes @scpargs $node:$dest 2>&1 |");
+  my $child;
+  open($child, "scp -o BatchMode=yes @scpargs $node:$dest 2>&1 |");
+  $inputs->add($child);
+  $nodehdl->{$child} = $node;
 }
 
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