diff --git a/scripts/rpc/client.py b/scripts/rpc/client.py
index e532c0fd8..6a71ab516 100755
--- a/scripts/rpc/client.py
+++ b/scripts/rpc/client.py
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ class JSONRPCClient(object):
             msg = "\n".join([msg, buf])
             raise JSONRPCException(msg)
 
+        if verbose:
+            print("response:")
+            print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
+
         if 'error' in response:
             msg = "\n".join(["Got JSON-RPC error response",
                              "request:",
@@ -93,8 +97,4 @@ class JSONRPCClient(object):
                              json.dumps(response['error'], indent=2)])
             raise JSONRPCException(msg)
 
-        if verbose:
-            print("response:")
-            print(json.dumps(response, indent=2))
-
         return response['result']