diff --git a/lerobot/scripts/push_dataset_to_hub.py b/lerobot/scripts/push_dataset_to_hub.py
index e43e5f274..18714a40a 100644
--- a/lerobot/scripts/push_dataset_to_hub.py
+++ b/lerobot/scripts/push_dataset_to_hub.py
@@ -142,22 +142,21 @@ def push_dataset_to_hub(
     cache_dir: Path = Path("/tmp"),
     tests_data_dir: Path | None = None,
 ):
+    # Check repo_id is well formated
+    if len(repo_id.split("/")) != 2:
+        raise ValueError(
+            f"`repo_id` is expected to contain a community or user id `/` the name of the dataset (e.g. 'lerobot/pusht'), but instead contains '{repo_id}'."
+        )
+    user_id, dataset_id = repo_id.split("/")
+
     # Robustify when `raw_dir` is str instead of Path
     raw_dir = Path(raw_dir)
-
     if not raw_dir.exists():
         raise NotADirectoryError(
             f"{raw_dir} does not exists. Check your paths or run this command to download an existing raw dataset on the hub:"
             f"python lerobot/common/datasets/push_dataset_to_hub/_download_raw.py --raw-dir your/raw/dir --repo-id your/repo/id_raw"
         )
 
-    # Check repo_id is well formated
-    if len(repo_id.split("/")) != 2:
-        raise ValueError(
-            f"`repo_id` is expected to contain a community or user id `/` the name of the dataset (e.g. 'lerobot/pusht'), but instead contains '{repo_id}'."
-        )
-    user_id, dataset_id = repo_id.split("/")
-
     if local_dir:
         # Robustify when `local_dir` is str instead of Path
         local_dir = Path(local_dir)
diff --git a/tests/test_push_dataset_to_hub.py b/tests/test_push_dataset_to_hub.py
index d9e2b6ab8..7ddbe7aab 100644
--- a/tests/test_push_dataset_to_hub.py
+++ b/tests/test_push_dataset_to_hub.py
@@ -229,9 +229,9 @@ def _mock_download_raw(raw_dir, repo_id):
         raise ValueError(repo_id)
 
 
-def test_push_dataset_to_hub_invalid_repo_id():
+def test_push_dataset_to_hub_invalid_repo_id(tmpdir):
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-        push_dataset_to_hub(Path("raw"), "raw_format", "invalid_repo_id")
+        push_dataset_to_hub(Path(tmpdir), "raw_format", "invalid_repo_id")
 
 
 def test_push_dataset_to_hub_out_dir_force_override_false(tmpdir):