diff --git a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
index 91ee34c19..a44296cd9 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
+++ b/xCAT-server/sbin/xcatd
@@ -1897,15 +1897,20 @@ sub plugin_command {
             $xcatresponses{xcatresponse}=[];
         }
     }
+    if (scalar(@{$xcatresponses{xcatresponse}})) {
+        send_response(\%xcatresponses,$sock);
+        $xcatresponses{xcatresponse}=[];
+    }
     if ($check_fds->count > 0) {
         my %resp_timeout = ('errorcode'=>[1],
                             'data'=>["Warning: Process terminated due to IO timeout, the following output may not complete.\n"]);
         push @{$xcatresponses{xcatresponse}},\%resp_timeout;
+        my $count = scalar(@{$xcatresponses{xcatresponse}});
         relay_fds($check_fds,$xcatresponses{xcatresponse});
-    }
-    if (scalar(@{$xcatresponses{xcatresponse}})) {
-        send_response(\%xcatresponses,$sock);
-        $xcatresponses{xcatresponse}=[];
+        if (scalar(@{$xcatresponses{xcatresponse}}) != $count) {
+            send_response(\%xcatresponses,$sock);
+            $xcatresponses{xcatresponse}=[];
+        }
     }
     #while (relay_fds($check_fds,$sock)) {}