diff --git a/cansend.c b/cansend.c
index b912e80..a9f189f 100644
--- a/cansend.c
+++ b/cansend.c
@@ -71,23 +71,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	/* parse CAN frame */
-	required_mtu = parse_canframe(argv[2], &frame);
-	if (!required_mtu){
-		fprintf(stderr, "\nWrong CAN-frame format! Try:\n\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "    <can_id>#{R|data}          for CAN 2.0 frames\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "    <can_id>##<flags>{data}    for CAN FD frames\n\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "<can_id> can have 3 (SFF) or 8 (EFF) hex chars\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "{data} has 0..8 (0..64 CAN FD) ASCII hex-values (optionally");
-		fprintf(stderr, " separated by '.')\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "<flags> a single ASCII Hex value (0 .. F) which defines");
-		fprintf(stderr, " canfd_frame.flags\n\n");
-		fprintf(stderr, "e.g. 5A1#11.2233.44556677.88 / 123#DEADBEEF / 5AA# / ");
-		fprintf(stderr, "123##1 / 213##311\n     1F334455#1122334455667788 / 123#R ");
-		fprintf(stderr, "for remote transmission request.\n\n");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	/* open socket */
 	if ((s = socket(PF_CAN, SOCK_RAW, CAN_RAW)) < 0) {
 		perror("socket");
@@ -106,6 +89,34 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	addr.can_family = AF_CAN;
 	addr.can_ifindex = ifr.ifr_ifindex;
 
+	/* disable default receive filter on this RAW socket */
+	/* This is obsolete as we do not read from the socket at all, but for */
+	/* this reason we can remove the receive list in the Kernel to save a */
+	/* little (really a very little!) CPU usage.                          */
+	setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_FILTER, NULL, 0);
+
+	if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
+		perror("bind");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	/* parse CAN frame */
+	required_mtu = parse_canframe(argv[2], &frame);
+	if (!required_mtu){
+		fprintf(stderr, "\nWrong CAN-frame format! Try:\n\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "    <can_id>#{R|data}          for CAN 2.0 frames\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "    <can_id>##<flags>{data}    for CAN FD frames\n\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "<can_id> can have 3 (SFF) or 8 (EFF) hex chars\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "{data} has 0..8 (0..64 CAN FD) ASCII hex-values (optionally");
+		fprintf(stderr, " separated by '.')\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "<flags> a single ASCII Hex value (0 .. F) which defines");
+		fprintf(stderr, " canfd_frame.flags\n\n");
+		fprintf(stderr, "e.g. 5A1#11.2233.44556677.88 / 123#DEADBEEF / 5AA# / ");
+		fprintf(stderr, "123##1 / 213##311\n     1F334455#1122334455667788 / 123#R ");
+		fprintf(stderr, "for remote transmission request.\n\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+
 	if (required_mtu > CAN_MTU) {
 
 		/* check if the frame fits into the CAN netdevice */
@@ -131,17 +142,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		frame.len = can_dlc2len(can_len2dlc(frame.len));
 	}
 
-	/* disable default receive filter on this RAW socket */
-	/* This is obsolete as we do not read from the socket at all, but for */
-	/* this reason we can remove the receive list in the Kernel to save a */
-	/* little (really a very little!) CPU usage.                          */
-	setsockopt(s, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_FILTER, NULL, 0);
-
-	if (bind(s, (struct sockaddr *)&addr, sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
-		perror("bind");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	/* send frame */
 	if (write(s, &frame, required_mtu) != required_mtu) {
 		perror("write");