diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/confluent.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/confluent.pm
index 3fb107c9b..85b344f95 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/confluent.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/confluent.pm
@@ -395,8 +395,8 @@ sub donodeent {
             if ($cfgenthash->{$confnode}) {
                 $confluent->delete('/nodes/' . $confnode);
             }
-            return;
         }
+        return;
     }
     my @toconfignodes = keys %{$cfgenthash};
     my $ipmitab       = xCAT::Table->new('ipmi', -create => 0);