diff --git a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
index 7257cc8f4..be8b6357f 100755
--- a/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
+++ b/xCAT/postscripts/xcatclient
@@ -51,5 +51,5 @@ export USEOPENSSLFORXCAT
 
    chmod 600 /root/.xcat/client-cred.pem
    cp _xcat/ca.pem /root/.xcat/ca.pem
-   kill -9 $CREDPIDi
+   kill -9 $CREDPID
    exit $RETURNVAL