1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cli/src/input.c b/cli/src/input.c
index a577a0f4c13..25a7cb62dd9 100644
--- a/cli/src/input.c
+++ b/cli/src/input.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ cli_batch (void *d)
 
         state = d;
 
+        cli_cmd_await_connected ();
         ret = cli_cmd_process (state, state->argc, state->argv);
         gf_log ("", GF_LOG_NORMAL, "Exiting with: %d", ret);
         exit (ret);