diff --git a/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/util/ssh_utils.py b/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/util/ssh_utils.py
index f194d8b2d02..bab39ef6ef2 100644
--- a/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/util/ssh_utils.py
+++ b/gpMgmt/bin/gppylib/util/ssh_utils.py
@@ -283,8 +283,9 @@ def executeCommand(self, command):
 
         for s in self.pxssh_list:
             # Split the output into an array of lines so that we can add text to the beginning of
-            #    each line
-            output = s.before.split(b'\n')
+            # each line. Decoding string as we are getting bytecode string in s.before
+            # Removing \r characters in each line by strip
+            output = [x.strip() for x in s.before.decode().split('\n')]
             output = output[1:-1]
 
             commandoutput.append(output)