diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/installation/reg_linux_statelite_installation_flat b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/installation/reg_linux_statelite_installation_flat
index f6d3dbdf9..73ccc9866 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/installation/reg_linux_statelite_installation_flat
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/installation/reg_linux_statelite_installation_flat
@@ -76,12 +76,8 @@ check:output=~/nodedata/$$CN on /.statelite/persistent
 check:output=~compute/rootimg on / type nfs
 cmd:xdsh $$CN  "cat /var/log/xcat/xcat.log"
 cmd:xdsh $$CN "echo "test"> /test.statelite"
-check:rc==0
-cmd:xdsh $$CN cat /test.statelite
-check:rc==0
-check:output=~test
-cmd:xdsh $$CN rm -rf /test.statelite
-check:rc==0
+check:rc!=0
+cmd:output=$(xdsh $$CN ls -al / |grep test.statelite);if [[ $? -eq 0 ]];then  xdsh $$CN rm -rf /test.tatelite;fi
 cmd:rootimgdir=`lsdef -t osimage __GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__-__GETNODEATTR($$CN,arch)__-statelite-compute|grep rootimgdir|awk -F'=' '{print $2}'`; if [ -d $rootimgdir ]; then rm -rf $rootimgdir;fi
 check:rc==0