diff --git a/pisi-cli b/pisi-cli
index d4feaf02..2ceeae69 100755
--- a/pisi-cli
+++ b/pisi-cli
@@ -12,13 +12,13 @@
 
 import sys
 import locale
-
 import traceback
 import exceptions
 
 import pisi.ui
 import pisi.context as ctx
 from pisi.cli.pisicli import PisiCLI
+from pisi.xmlext import XmlError
 
 import gettext
 __trans = gettext.translation('pisi', fallback=True)
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ _ = __trans.ugettext
 
 
 def handle_exception(exception, value, tb):
-    from pisi.xmlext import XmlError
 
     ui = pisi.cli.CLI() # make a temporary UI
     show_traceback = False