diff --git a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
index da9c7dc45..4ad64033f 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT/xCAT/NodeRange.pm
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ sub retain_cache { #A semi private operation to be used *ONLY* in the interestin
     $retaincache=shift;
     unless ($retaincache) { #take a call to retain_cache(0) to also mean that any existing
         #cache must be zapped
-        if ($nodelist) { $nodelist->_refresh_cache(); }
+        if ($nodelist) { $nodelist->_build_cache(1); }
 	$glstamp=0;
 	$allnodesetstamp=0;
 	$allgrphashstamp=0;