diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
index 6644600e7..48bc72ac3 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/configeth
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-s" ];then
                 tmp_con_name=${str_inst_nic}"-tmp"
                 nmcli con modify $con_name connection.id $tmp_con_name
             fi
-            nmcli con add type ethernet con-name $con_name ifname ${str_inst_nic} ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses  ${str_inst_ip}/${str_inst_prefix} connection.autoconnect-priority 9
+            nmcli con add type ethernet con-name $con_name ifname ${str_inst_nic} ipv4.method manual ipv4.addresses  ${str_inst_ip}/${str_inst_prefix} connection.autoconnect-priority 9 gw4 ${str_inst_gateway}
             str_conf_file_1="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-xcat-${str_inst_nic}-1"
             if [ -f $str_conf_file_1 ]; then
                 grep $con_name $str_conf_file_1 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
@@ -732,6 +732,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-s" ];then
             echo "ONBOOT=yes" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "NAME=${con_name}" >> $str_conf_file
             echo "HWADDR=${str_inst_mac}" >> $str_conf_file
+            echo "GATEWAY=${str_inst_gateway}" >> $str_conf_file
         fi
         if [ $networkmanager_active -eq 2 ]; then
             echo "AUTOCONNECT_PRIORITY=9" >> $str_conf_file
@@ -747,14 +748,6 @@ elif [ "$1" = "-s" ];then
             else
                 echo "MTU=${str_inst_mtu}" >> $str_conf_file
 	        fi
-        fi
-        if [ -n "$str_inst_gateway" ];then
-            grep -i "GATEWAY" /etc/sysconfig/network
-            if [ $? -eq 0 ];then
-                sed -i "s/.*GATEWAY.*/GATEWAY=${str_inst_gateway}/i" /etc/sysconfig/network
-            else
-                echo "GATEWAY=${str_inst_gateway}" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
-            fi
         fi
 	    #add extra params
         i=0