diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh b/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
index 8e1fa0551..74e6131ce 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/nicutils.sh
@@ -573,18 +573,16 @@ function create_persistent_ifcfg {
         attrs=${attrs}${attrs:+,}"${name}=${value}"
         i=$((i+1))
     done
-
     # record manual and auto attributes first
     # since input attributes might overwrite them.
     #
-    # record input attributes later. They will overwrite
+    # record extra attributes later. They will overwrite
     # previous generated attributes if duplicate.
     [ -f $fcfg ] && mv -f $fcfg `dirname $fcfg`/.`basename $fcfg`.bak
-    echo "$attrs,$inattrs" \ | $sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | grep -v "^$" \
+    echo "$inattrs,$attrs" \ | $sed -e 's/,/\n/g' | grep -v "^$" \
     | $sed -e 's/=/="/' -e 's/ *$/"/' \
     | uniq_per_key -t'=' -k1 >$fcfg
     local rc=$?
-
     # log for debug
     echo "['ifcfg-${ifname}']" >&2
     cat $fcfg | $sed -e 's/^/ >> /g' | log_lines info
diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatlib.sh b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatlib.sh
index e8f9859ab..e1c688402 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatlib.sh
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatlib.sh
@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ function parse_nic_extra_params() {
 	do
 		token2="${params_temp[$k]}"
 		array_extra_param_names[$k]=`echo "$token2" | cut -d'=' -f 1`
-		array_extra_param_values[$k]=`echo "$token2" | cut -d'=' -f 2`	
+		array_extra_param_values[$k]=`echo "$token2" | cut -d'=' -f 2-`	
 		k=$((k+1))
 	done
 }