diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/IPMI.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/IPMI.pm
index 4bf658b01..a250ff262 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/IPMI.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/perl/xCAT/IPMI.pm
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ sub parse_ipmi_payload {
     my @payload = @_;
     #for now, just trash the headers, this has been validated to death anyway
     #except seqlun, that one is important
-    unless ($payload[4] == $self->{seqlun} and $payload[0] == $self->{rqaddr} and $payload[1]>>2 == $self->{expectednetfn} and $payload[5] == $self->{expectedcmd} ) {
+    unless ($payload[4] == $self->{seqlun} and $payload[1]>>2 == $self->{expectednetfn} and $payload[5] == $self->{expectedcmd} ) {
 	#both sequence number and arqaddr must match, because we are using rqaddr to extend the sequence number
         #print "Successfully didn't get confused by stale response ".$payload[4]." and ".($self->{seqlun}-4)."\n";
         #hexdump(@payload);