diff --git a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
index 8bd965966..cefb75b85 100644
--- a/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
+++ b/perl-xCAT-2.0/xCAT/Utils.pm
@@ -1921,7 +1921,6 @@ sub get_ServiceNode
             xCAT::MsgUtils->message('E', "Unable to read site Master value.\n");
             $::ERROR_RC = 1;
         }
-        $noderestab->close;
         return \%snhash;
     }