diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
index 32a51016e..21309a79d 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatinstallpost
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ while true; do
 
     if [ $RETRY -eq 90 ];then
        #timeout, complain and exit
-       msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "err" `date`" xcatinstallpost: Network not configured, please check..." "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log"
+       msgutil_r "$MASTER_IP" "err" "`date`: xcatinstallpost: Network not configured, please check..." "/var/log/xcat/xcat.log"
        exit 1
     fi