diff --git a/xCAT-OpenStack/postscripts/loadclouddata b/xCAT-OpenStack/postscripts/loadclouddata
index 36b0c136a..3f8de9c7e 100755
--- a/xCAT-OpenStack/postscripts/loadclouddata
+++ b/xCAT-OpenStack/postscripts/loadclouddata
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ hkeys() {
     set | grep -o "^HASH${1}[[:alnum:]]*=" | sed -re "s/^HASH${1}(.*)=/\\1/g"
 }
 
-
+HOME='/root/'
+export HOME
 
 #flags
 run_all=0
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/config_chef_workstation b/xCAT/postscripts/config_chef_workstation
index 5adbf68c8..885fb3f0d 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/config_chef_workstation
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/config_chef_workstation
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #        It is used by install_chef_workstation on Ubuntu and chef kit on RH.
 #=cut
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+HOME='/root/'
+export HOME
 
 node=`hostname`