diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
index 5e0f04abb..c6bab0dbe 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/DBobjectdefs.pm
@@ -3818,7 +3818,6 @@ sub defrm
     #    the memberlist nodes must be updated.
 
     my $numobjects = 0;
-    my $numobjects_not_removed = 0;
     my %objTypeLists;
     foreach my $obj (keys %objhash)
     {
@@ -3832,7 +3831,9 @@ sub defrm
             my $rsp;
             $rsp->{data}->[0] = "Could not find an object named \'$obj\' of type \'$objtype\'.";
             xCAT::MsgUtils->message("E", $rsp, $::callback);
-            $numobjects_not_removed++;
+            # Remove the object we could not find from the hash, this way the count of the objects
+            # and the content of the hash (for the verbose option), can be used for printing results at the end
+            delete($objhash{$obj});
             next;
         }
         $numobjects++;
@@ -3850,7 +3851,6 @@ sub defrm
                 my $rsp;
                 $rsp->{data}->[0] = "Could not get xCAT object definition for \'$obj\'.";
                 xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", $rsp, $::callback);
-                $numobjects_not_removed++;
                 next;
             }
 
@@ -3890,7 +3890,6 @@ sub defrm
                 my $m = join ',', @nodes;
                     $rsp->{data}->[0] = "Could not get xCAT object definition for \'$m\'.";
                     xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", $rsp, $::callback);
-                    $numobjects_not_removed++;
                     next;
                 }
 
@@ -3989,7 +3988,7 @@ sub defrm
             else
             {
                 my $rsp;
-                my $nodenum = scalar(keys %objhash) - $numobjects_not_removed;
+                my $nodenum = scalar(keys %objhash);
                 $rsp->{data}->[0] = "$nodenum object definitions have been removed.";
                 xCAT::MsgUtils->message("I", $rsp, $::callback);
             }