diff --git a/letsencrypt/cli.py b/letsencrypt/cli.py
index f2ad50d45..adcc32a5e 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/cli.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/cli.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class HelpfulArgumentParser(object):
         # Do any post-parsing homework here
 
         if self.verb == "renew":
-            self.noninteractive_mode = True
+            parsed_args.noninteractive_mode = True
 
         # we get domains from -d, but also from the webroot map...
         if parsed_args.webroot_map: