diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
index b60d15a0c..f5eed2c80 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/nodediscover.pm
@@ -229,10 +229,11 @@ sub process_request {
     		my $hosttag = gethosttag($node,$netn,@ifinfo[1],\%usednames);
 	print Dumper($hosttag) . "\n";
     		if ($hosttag) {
-                 (my $rent) = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,['primarynic','nfsserver']);
-                 unless ($rent and $rent->{primarynic}) { #if primarynic not set, set it to this nic
-                   $nrtab->setNodeAttribs($node,{primarynic=>@ifinfo[1]});
-                 }
+                 #(my $rent) = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,['primarynic','nfsserver']);
+                 (my $rent) = $nrtab->getNodeAttribs($node,['nfsserver']);
+                 #unless ($rent and $rent->{primarynic}) { #if primarynic not set, set it to this nic
+                 #  $nrtab->setNodeAttribs($node,{primarynic=>@ifinfo[1]});
+                 #}
                  unless ($rent and $rent->{nfsserver}) {
                     $nrtab->setNodeAttribs($node,{nfsserver=>xCAT::Utils->my_ip_facing($hosttag)});
                  }