Merge "Avoid referencing variable before assignment in checkStatus function"
diff --git a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
index 0c0df3c..60e1c1e 100755
--- a/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
+++ b/TestON/drivers/common/cli/onosclidriver.py
@@ -2813,7 +2813,8 @@
         """
         import json
         try:
-            summary = json.loads( self.summary() )
+            summary = self.summary()
+            summary = json.loads( summary )
         except ( TypeError, ValueError ):
             main.log.exception( "{}: Object not as expected: {!r}".format( self.name, summary ) )
             return main.ERROR