Don't continue running with no action

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/cloudinit/cmd/main.py b/cloudinit/cmd/main.py
index c8916e03..2bd75328 100755
--- a/cloudinit/cmd/main.py
+++ b/cloudinit/cmd/main.py
@@ -646,6 +646,11 @@ def main(sysv_args=None):
 
     args = parser.parse_args(args=sysv_args)
 
+    try:
+        (name, functor) = args.action
+    except AttributeError:
+        parser.error('too few arguments')
+
     # Setup basic logging to start (until reinitialized)
     # iff in debug mode...
     if args.debug:
@@ -654,11 +659,6 @@ def main(sysv_args=None):
     # Setup signal handlers before running
     signal_handler.attach_handlers()
 
-    try:
-        (name, functor) = args.action
-    except AttributeError:
-        parser.error('too few arguments')
-
     if name in ("modules", "init"):
         functor = status_wrapper