diff --git a/src/cli/one_helper.rb b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
index c61828e527..3bfda3e948 100644
--- a/src/cli/one_helper.rb
+++ b/src/cli/one_helper.rb
@@ -385,6 +385,13 @@ EOT
         tmp  = Tempfile.new(id.to_s)
         path = tmp.path
 
+        rc = resource.info
+
+        if OpenNebula.is_error?(rc)
+            puts rc.message 
+            exit -1
+        end
+
         tmp << resource.template_str
         tmp.flush