diff --git a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
index 99d7932a3..d0d1d399c 100644
--- a/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
+++ b/src/simplewallet/simplewallet.cpp
@@ -6995,6 +6995,13 @@ bool simple_wallet::sweep_main(uint32_t account, uint64_t below, const std::vect
       local_args.pop_back();
   }
 
+  if (local_args.empty())
+  {
+    fail_msg_writer() << tr("No address given");
+    print_usage();
+    return true;
+  }
+
   cryptonote::address_parse_info info;
   if (!cryptonote::get_account_address_from_str_or_url(info, m_wallet->nettype(), local_args[0], m_wallet->is_dns_enabled(), oa_prompter))
   {