diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-premount.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-premount.sh
index 40c1dbbe5..394009dac 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-premount.sh
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-premount.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 #script to update nodelist.nodestatus during provision
 
+XCAT="$(getarg XCAT=)"
+STATEMNT="$(getarg STATEMNT=)"
 MASTER=`echo $XCAT |awk -F: '{print $1}'`
 
 getarg nonodestatus
diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-prepivot.sh b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-prepivot.sh
index d0e4c97ba..131b5f74e 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-prepivot.sh
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/dracut_033/xcat-prepivot.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ NEWROOT=/sysroot
 SERVER=${SERVER%%/*}
 SERVER=${SERVER%:}
 RWDIR=.statelite
+XCAT="$(getarg XCAT=)"
+STATEMNT="$(getarg STATEMNT=)"
 if [ ! -z $STATEMNT ]; then #btw, uri style might have left future options other than nfs open, will u    se // to detect uri in the future I guess
     SNAPSHOTSERVER=${STATEMNT%:*}
     SNAPSHOTROOT=${STATEMNT#*/}