diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
index a5e6010dc..7031c41bf 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/ipmi.pm
@@ -2072,8 +2072,12 @@ sub abort_fpc_update {
 }
 
 sub fpc_update_aborted {
+    if ($_[0]->{code}) {
+        xCAT::SvrUtils::sendmsg("Unexpected condition, restarting device", $callback, $sessdata->{node}, %allerrornodes);
+        $sessdata->{ipmisession}->subcmd(netfn => 0x2e, command => 0xcc, data => [0x2e, 0xcc, 0x5e, 0x2b, 0, 6, 0x43, 0], callback => \&fpc_update_aborted, callback_args => $sessdata);
+    }
     check_rsp_errors(@_);
-    return;
+    exit 1;
 }
 
 sub fpc_firmxfer_watch {