diff --git a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases3 b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases3
index 675d23ed2..73c0008f0 100644
--- a/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases3
+++ b/xCAT-test/autotest/testcase/updatenode/cases3
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ cmd:chdef -t osimage -o __GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__-__GETNODEATTR($$CN,arch)__-inst
 check:rc==0
 cmd:updatenode $$CN -F >/tmp/updatenode.F.out
 check:rc!=0
-cmd:grep 'updatenode exited with code 1' /tmp/updatenode.F.out
+cmd:grep '"/tmp/non-existent" failed: No such file or directory' /tmp/updatenode.F.out
 check:rc==0
 cmd:chdef -t osimage -o  __GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__-__GETNODEATTR($$CN,arch)__-install-compute synclists=
 check:rc==0
 cmd:rm -f /install/custom/install/__GETNODEATTR($$CN,os)__/booboo.synclist 
+cmd:rm -rf /tmp/updatenode.F.out
 end