diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/configefi b/xCAT/postscripts/configefi
index 1fc433126..b5cc4e54c 100644
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/configefi
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/configefi
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ if [ "$arch" =  "x86_64" ]; then
 		grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab
 		boot_device=''
 		if [ -f "/etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf" ];then
-			boot_root=`cat /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf | grep ROOTDEV | awk '{print $3}'`
+			#boot_root=`cat /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf | grep ROOTDEV | awk '{print $3}'`
+                        boot_root=`mount | grep -E ' on\s+/ type ' | awk '{print $1}'`
 			boot_device=`cat /etc/systemconfig/systemconfig.conf | grep BOOTDEV | awk '{print $3}'`
 		else
 			boot_root=`mount | grep -E ' on\s+/ type ' | awk '{print $1}'`