diff --git a/pkg/cmd/gist/delete/delete.go b/pkg/cmd/gist/delete/delete.go
index f9455ac17..a6be7053a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/gist/delete/delete.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/gist/delete/delete.go
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ func NewCmdDelete(f *cmdutil.Factory, runF func(*DeleteOptions) error) *cobra.Co
 
 func deleteRun(opts *DeleteOptions) error {
 	gistID := opts.Selector
+
+	if strings.Contains(gistID, "/") {
+		id, err := shared.GistIDFromURL(gistID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		gistID = id
+	}
 	client, err := opts.HttpClient()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -76,14 +84,6 @@ func deleteRun(opts *DeleteOptions) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if strings.Contains(gistID, "/") {
-		id, err := shared.GistIDFromURL(gistID)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		gistID = id
-	}
-
 	apiClient := api.NewClientFromHTTP(client)
 	if err := deleteGist(apiClient, host, gistID); err != nil {
 		if errors.Is(err, shared.NotFoundErr) {