diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/cli.py b/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
index 5c4eb5a6851482b81d5806513d0ca17f3babc9cd..05d1f4069ce12e8b5589de3cdf63d7c4fdccf64d 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/cli.py
@@ -32,10 +32,11 @@ def main():
     if args.sleep:
         time.sleep(args.sleep)
 
-    if args.do or args.dump:
-        method = getattr(ynl, args.do if args.do else args.dump)
-
-        reply = method(attrs, dump=bool(args.dump))
+    if args.do:
+        reply = ynl.do(args.do, attrs)
+        pprint.PrettyPrinter().pprint(reply)
+    if args.dump:
+        reply = ynl.dump(args.dump, attrs)
         pprint.PrettyPrinter().pprint(reply)
 
     if args.ntf:
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
index 2ff3e6dbdbf60f3752306a621085fea70a8b1ba5..1c7411ee04dc875c7924fa83bba784239b62ff97 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/lib/ynl.py
@@ -520,3 +520,9 @@ class YnlFamily(SpecFamily):
         if not dump and len(rsp) == 1:
             return rsp[0]
         return rsp
+
+    def do(self, method, vals):
+        return self._op(method, vals)
+
+    def dump(self, method, vals):
+        return self._op(method, vals, dump=True)