diff --git a/xCAT-test/unit/ubuntu_genimage_initrd_firmware.t b/xCAT-test/unit/ubuntu_genimage_initrd_firmware.t
index b51bc6ba1..8408545b9 100755
--- a/xCAT-test/unit/ubuntu_genimage_initrd_firmware.t
+++ b/xCAT-test/unit/ubuntu_genimage_initrd_firmware.t
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ use Test::More;
 my $repo_root = File::Spec->rel2abs(File::Spec->catdir($FindBin::Bin, '..', '..'));
 my $genimage  = File::Spec->catfile(
     $repo_root, 'xCAT-server', 'share', 'xcat', 'netboot', 'ubuntu', 'genimage');
-plan skip_all => "genimage not found at $genimage" unless -f $genimage;
+die "genimage not found at $genimage\n" unless -f $genimage;
 
 my $src = do { local $/; open my $fh, '<', $genimage or die $!; <$fh> };