diff --git a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
index 848220dc768..9bcdaee7ced 100755
--- a/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
+++ b/scripts/vm/hypervisor/xenserver/setupxenserver.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sed -i 's/127\.0\.0\.1/0\.0\.0\.0/' /opt/xensource/libexec/qemu-dm-wrapper 2>&1
 # disable the default link local on xenserver
 sed -i /NOZEROCONF/d /etc/sysconfig/network
 echo "NOZEROCONF=yes" >> /etc/sysconfig/network
->/opt/xensource/bin/heartbeat
+cat /dev/null > /opt/xensource/bin/heartbeat
 
 echo "success"