diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/routeop b/xCAT/postscripts/routeop
index 66c58808f..db022ca08 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/routeop
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/routeop
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ replace_persistent_route()
             if [ "$net" = "default" ]; then
                 filename="/etc/sysconfig/network"
                 route="GATEWAY=$gw"
-                routedest="$route"
+                routedest="GATEWAY="
             fi
             if [ -f $filename ]; then
                 egrep "^$routedest" $filename 2>&1 1>/dev/null