diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/grub2.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/grub2.pm
index 34ddd9d8a..1d4abda32 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/grub2.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/grub2.pm
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ sub setstate {
 
     my $cref = $chainhash{$node}->[0]; #$chaintab->getNodeAttribs($node,['currstate']);
 
-    # remove the old boot configuration file and create a new one, but only if not offline directive
-    unlink($tftpdir . "/boot/grub2/" . $node);
+    # remove the old boot configuration files and create a new one, but only if not offline directive
+    system("find . -inum \$(stat --printf \%i $tftpdir/boot/grub2/$node 2>/dev/null) -exec rm -f {} \\; 2>/dev/null");
     if ($cref and $cref->{currstate} ne "offline") {
         open($pcfg, '>', $tftpdir . "/boot/grub2/" . $node);
         print $pcfg "#" . $cref->{currstate} . "\n";
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ sub setstate {
     }
         
 
-     
     if (! $nodemac and $macstring) {
         $nodemac = xCAT::Utils->parseMacTabEntry($macstring, $node);
     }