diff --git a/oam/cloud/MCSInstanceCmds.sh b/oam/cloud/MCSInstanceCmds.sh
index 32e674f90..fb7909863 100755
--- a/oam/cloud/MCSInstanceCmds.sh
+++ b/oam/cloud/MCSInstanceCmds.sh
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ instance=""
 AWSCLI="aws ec2 "
 
 getRegion() {
-        Region=`curl --silent http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document/region | grep region | cut -d':' -f2 | sed 's/\"//g'  | sed 's/\,//g' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'`
+        Region=`curl --fail --silent /dev/null http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | grep region | cut -d':' -f2 | sed 's/\"//g'  | sed 's/\,//g' | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//'`
 
         echo $Region
         return