diff --git a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
index 1c19bd08c..1a5730d1b 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/interface/action.rb
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 require 'puppet/interface'
 
 class Puppet::Interface::Action
   attr_reader :name
 
   def initialize(interface, name, attrs = {})
     name = name.to_s
     raise "'#{name}' is an invalid action name" unless name =~ /^[a-z]\w*$/
 
-    attrs.each do |k,v| send("#{k}=", v) end
     @interface = interface
-    @name = name
+    @name      = name
+    attrs.each do |k,v| send("#{k}=", v) end
   end
 
   def invoke(*args, &block)
     @interface.method(name).call(*args,&block)
   end
 
   def invoke=(block)
     if @interface.is_a?(Class)
       @interface.define_method(@name, &block)
     else
       @interface.meta_def(@name, &block)
     end
   end
 end