diff --git a/src/helper/command.c b/src/helper/command.c
index ce857dd6c..ac7c8d88b 100644
--- a/src/helper/command.c
+++ b/src/helper/command.c
@@ -872,6 +872,9 @@ static void command_help_show_wrap(const char *str, unsigned n, unsigned n2)
 static COMMAND_HELPER(command_help_show, struct command *c, unsigned n,
 		bool show_help)
 {
+	if (!command_can_run(CMD_CTX, c))
+		return ERROR_OK;
+
 	char *cmd_name = command_name(c, ' ');
 	if (NULL == cmd_name)
 		return -ENOMEM;