diff --git a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/bin/bmcsetup b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/bin/bmcsetup
index b93a7663c..515d578cf 100755
--- a/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/bin/bmcsetup
+++ b/xCAT-genesis-scripts/usr/bin/bmcsetup
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ fi
 
 # Add ipmi_devintf module to allow the ipmitool operation in-band
 modprobe ipmi_devintf
+modprobe ipmi_si
 
 for parm in `cat /proc/cmdline`; do
     key=`echo $parm|awk -F= '{print $1}'`