diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
index 277d76b71..59c710b3d 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/FSPcfg.pm
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ sub parse_args {
     #}
     
     my $nodes = $request->{node};
-    my $typehash = xCAT::DBobjUtils->getnodetype(\@$nodes, "ppc");
+    my $typehash = xCAT::DBobjUtils->getnodetype($nodes, "ppc");
     foreach my $nn (@$nodes) {
         $request->{hwtype} =$$typehash{$nn};
         last if ($request->{hwtype});