diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc
index 437101ab2..91854150c 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/cons/openbmc
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ while (!defined($sock)) {
         Timeout => 10
         );
 }
+$sock->close();
 
 
 # To automatically connect to the console without the need to send over the ssh keys,