diff --git a/cmd/fission-cli/app/app.go b/cmd/fission-cli/app/app.go
index 8c914a1a..6a2d530f 100644
--- a/cmd/fission-cli/app/app.go
+++ b/cmd/fission-cli/app/app.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func App() *cobra.Command {
 			func(input cli.Input) error {
 				console.Verbosity = input.Int(flagkey.Verbosity)
 
-				if input.IsSet(flagkey.ClientOnly) {
+				if input.IsSet(flagkey.ClientOnly) || input.IsSet(flagkey.PreCheckOnly) {
 					// TODO: use fake rest client for offline spec generation
 					cmd.SetClientset(client.MakeFakeClientset(nil))
 				} else {