1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
index c6e5af8a..bc2f4bbe 100644
--- a/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
+++ b/plugins-root/check_dhcp.c
@@ -269,9 +269,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
         int dhcp_socket;
         int result = STATE_UNKNOWN;
 
-        /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */
-        np_warn_if_not_root();
-        
         setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
         bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
         textdomain (PACKAGE);
@@ -280,6 +277,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv){
                 usage4 (_("Could not parse arguments"));
                 }
 
+        /* this plugin almost certainly needs root permissions. */
+        np_warn_if_not_root();
+        
         /* create socket for DHCP communications */
         dhcp_socket=create_dhcp_socket();