SPAN API: Fix various errors making SPAN break make tests.

[vpp.git] / vpp-api / python / vpp_papi / vpp_papi.py

diff --git a/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py b/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
index ffe159f..27d4315 100644 (file)
--- a/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
+++ b/vpp-api/python/vpp_papi/vpp_papi.py
@@ -398,13 +398,11 @@ class VPP():
         b = self.encode(msgdef, kwargs)
 
         self.results_prepare(context)
+        self._write(b)
 
         if multipart:
             self.results[context]['m'] = True
             self._control_ping(context)
-
-        self._write(b)
-
         self.results_wait(context)
         r = self.results[context]['r']
         self.results_clean(context)