diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
index bc1c4601b..026dc3e9e 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/Table.pm
@@ -921,7 +921,11 @@ sub setNodeAttribs
 {
     my $self = shift;
     my $node = shift;
-    return $self->setAttribs({'node' => $node}, @_);
+    my $nodekey = "node";
+    if (defined $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$self->{tabname}}->{nodecol}) {
+        $nodekey = $xCAT::Schema::tabspec{$self->{tabname}}->{nodecol}
+    };
+    return $self->setAttribs({$nodekey => $node}, @_);
 }
 
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