diff --git a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/NuGet/NuGetCommandParser.cs b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/NuGet/NuGetCommandParser.cs
index 89c0af1d020d..6403c26fcf04 100644
--- a/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/NuGet/NuGetCommandParser.cs
+++ b/src/Cli/dotnet/Commands/NuGet/NuGetCommandParser.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ private static Command SetAction(Command command)
 
         foreach (var subcommand in command.Subcommands)
         {
-            subcommand.SetAction(NuGetCommand.Run);
+            SetAction(subcommand);
         }
 
         return command;