diff --git a/xCAT-test/bats/postscripts_otherpkgs.bats b/xCAT-test/bats/postscripts_otherpkgs.bats
index 0883cacb7..4dc227d59 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/bats/postscripts_otherpkgs.bats
+++ b/xCAT-test/bats/postscripts_otherpkgs.bats
@@ -221,3 +221,18 @@ run_repo_postremove_block()
     [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
     grep -q 'oldfoo removed\.' "$LOGGER_LOG"
 }
+
+@test "the url repository guard is false when OTHERPKGDIR has no http entry" {
+    local guard cond
+    guard="$(extract_first_matching_line "$OTHERPKGS" 'OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET" *[]] *; *then')" || return 99
+    cond="${guard#*if }"
+    cond="${cond%%;then*}"
+
+    OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET=""
+    run eval "$cond"
+    [ "$status" -ne 0 ]
+
+    OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET="http://192.0.2.1/repo,"
+    run eval "$cond"
+    [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
index d3018eb7d..0d66899ca 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/otherpkgs
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ while [ $op_index -le $OTHERPKGS_INDEX ]; do
 
     urlrepoindex=0
     #add repo for url repos in otherpkgdir
-    if [ -n "OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET" ];then
+    if [ -n "$OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET" ];then
          OIFS=$IFS
          IFS=','
          OTHERPKGDIRLIST_INTERNET=($OTHERPKGDIR_INTERNET)