diff --git a/test/debug-helper.py b/test/debug-helper.py
index 38e7072f73..ebf08475aa 100755
--- a/test/debug-helper.py
+++ b/test/debug-helper.py
@@ -6,15 +6,6 @@ import argparse
 
 bus = dbus.SystemBus()
 
-nm_bus = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.NetworkManager', '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager')
-mm_bus = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.ModemManager', '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager')
-wpa_bus = bus.get_object('fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1', '/fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1')
-
-nm = dbus.Interface(nm_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager')
-mm = dbus.Interface(mm_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.ModemManager')
-wpa = dbus.Interface(wpa_bus, dbus_interface='fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1')
-wpa_properties = dbus.Interface(wpa_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
-
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Interface to easily control logging levels for NetworkManager, ModemManager, and wpasupplicant.')
 
 # NM options
@@ -40,10 +31,16 @@ if args.do_set_nm_logging:
     if args.log_domains:
             dom_msg = " for domains: " + ','.join(args.log_domains)
     print "Setting NetworkManager log level to '" + args.do_set_nm_logging + "'" + dom_msg
+
+    nm_bus = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.NetworkManager', '/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager')
+    nm = dbus.Interface(nm_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.NetworkManager')
     nm.SetLogging(args.do_set_nm_logging, ','.join(args.log_domains))
 
 if args.do_set_mm_logging:
     print "Setting ModemManager log level to '" + args.do_set_mm_logging + "'"
+
+    mm_bus = bus.get_object('org.freedesktop.ModemManager', '/org/freedesktop/ModemManager')
+    mm = dbus.Interface(mm_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.ModemManager')
     mm.SetLogging(args.do_set_mm_logging)
 
 if args.do_set_wpa_logging:
@@ -56,6 +53,8 @@ if args.do_set_wpa_logging:
 	print "Disabling timestamps for wpasupplicant debugging logs"
         use_timestamps = dbus.Boolean(False, variant_level=1)
 
+    wpa_bus = bus.get_object('fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1', '/fi/w1/wpa_supplicant1')
+    wpa_properties = dbus.Interface(wpa_bus, dbus_interface='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties')
     wpa_properties.Set('fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1', 'DebugTimestamp', use_timestamps)
     wpa_properties.Set('fi.w1.wpa_supplicant1', 'DebugLevel',
                            dbus.String(args.do_set_wpa_logging, variant_level=1))