Index: nfs-utils-1.3.4/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.c
===================================================================
--- nfs-utils-1.3.4.orig/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.c
+++ nfs-utils-1.3.4/utils/nfsidmap/nfsidmap.c
@@ -418,13 +418,15 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	if (!verbose)
+		verbose = conf_get_num("General", "Verbosity", 0);
+	if (verbose)
+		nfs4_set_debug(verbose, NULL);
+
 	if ((rc = nfs4_init_name_mapping(PATH_IDMAPDCONF)))  {
 		xlog_errno(rc, "Unable to create name to user id mappings.");
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
-	if (!verbose)
-		verbose = conf_get_num("General", "Verbosity", 0);
-
 	if (display)
 		return display_default_domain();
 	if (list)
@@ -444,9 +446,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
-	if (verbose)
-		nfs4_set_debug(verbose, NULL);
-
 	key = strtol(argv[optind++], NULL, 10);
 
 	arg = strdup(argv[optind]);