From a778269bc3d0c11f3c98697f119cf9f76355353b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ismail Ibrahim Quwarah <iquwarah@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:28:35 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Move check & exception deeper

---
 tmt/base.py                  | 7 ++++++-
 tmt/steps/prepare/ansible.py | 9 +--------
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tmt/base.py b/tmt/base.py
index 7aa07407c1..aad368b4a4 100644
--- a/tmt/base.py
+++ b/tmt/base.py
@@ -772,7 +772,12 @@ def _fmf_id(self) -> None:
     # TODO: cached_property candidates
     @property
     def fmf_root(self) -> Path:
-        return Path(self.node.root)
+        # Check if fmf root exists
+        try:
+            return Path(self.node.root)
+        except TypeError:
+            raise tmt.utils.GeneralError(
+                "No fmf root found. Directory is not initialized with `tmt init`")
 
     @property
     def git_root(self) -> Optional[Path]:
diff --git a/tmt/steps/prepare/ansible.py b/tmt/steps/prepare/ansible.py
index 04ae09d07f..3faef38530 100644
--- a/tmt/steps/prepare/ansible.py
+++ b/tmt/steps/prepare/ansible.py
@@ -166,16 +166,9 @@ def go(
 
                 logger.info('playbook-path', playbook_path, 'green')
 
-            # Check if fmf root exists
-            try:
-                playbook_root = self.step.plan.fmf_root
-            except TypeError:
-                raise PrepareError(
-                    "No fmf root found. Directory is not initialized with `tmt init`")
-
             guest.ansible(
                 playbook_path,
-                playbook_root=playbook_root,
+                playbook_root=self.step.plan.fmf_root,
                 extra_args=self.data.extra_args)
 
         return results