diff --git a/xCAT-server/etc/init.d/xcatd.service b/xCAT-server/etc/init.d/xcatd.service
index 0ec230f0b..6ebc244b2 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/etc/init.d/xcatd.service
+++ b/xCAT-server/etc/init.d/xcatd.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ After=network.target syslog.service
 [Service]
 EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/xcat
 Type=forking
-PIDFile=/var/run/xcatd.pid
+PIDFile=/run/xcatd.pid
 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/xcatd start
 ExecStop=/etc/init.d/xcatd stop
 LimitNOFILE=16000