Move the type check of the target after checking for invalid star assignment targets

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/checkers/base.py b/pylint/checkers/base.py
index af30286a3..2c918e722 100644
--- a/pylint/checkers/base.py
+++ b/pylint/checkers/base.py
@@ -546,16 +546,15 @@ class BasicErrorChecker(_BasicChecker):
     def visit_assign(self, node):
         # Check *a, *b = ...
         assign_target = node.targets[0]
+        # Check *a = b
+        if isinstance(node.targets[0], astroid.Starred):
+            self.add_message("invalid-star-assignment-target", node=node)
+
         if not isinstance(assign_target, astroid.Tuple):
             return
-
         if self._too_many_starred_for_tuple(assign_target):
             self.add_message("too-many-star-expressions", node=node)
 
-        # Check *a = b
-        if isinstance(node.targets[0], astroid.Starred):
-            self.add_message("invalid-star-assignment-target", node=node)
-
     @utils.check_messages("star-needs-assignment-target")
     def visit_starred(self, node):
         """Check that a Starred expression is used in an assignment target."""