1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/xml.cgi b/xml.cgi
index f35a13cd9..8a0bbf1e4 100755
--- a/xml.cgi
+++ b/xml.cgi
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ require "CGI.pl";
 
 use vars qw($template $vars);
 
+ConnectToDatabase();
+quietly_check_login();
+
 if (!defined $::FORM{'id'} || !$::FORM{'id'}) {
     print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
     $template->process("bug/choose-xml.html.tmpl", $vars)
@@ -39,8 +42,6 @@ if (!defined $::FORM{'id'} || !$::FORM{'id'}) {
     exit;
 }
 
-quietly_check_login();
-
 my $exporter = $::COOKIE{"Bugzilla_login"} || undef;
 
 my @ids = split (/[, ]+/, $::FORM{'id'});