diff --git a/Userland/Utilities/arp.cpp b/Userland/Utilities/arp.cpp
index bb1315f4ae..066474b46b 100644
--- a/Userland/Utilities/arp.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Utilities/arp.cpp
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@
 ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
 {
     TRY(Core::System::pledge("stdio rpath tty inet unix"));
-    TRY(Core::System::unveil("/sys/kernel/net/arp", "r"));
-    TRY(Core::System::unveil("/tmp/portal/lookup", "rw"));
-    TRY(Core::System::unveil(nullptr, nullptr));
 
     static bool flag_set;
     static bool flag_delete;
@@ -47,6 +44,12 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     args_parser.add_positional_argument(value_hw_address, "Hardware address", "hwaddress", Core::ArgsParser::Required::No);
     args_parser.parse(arguments);
 
+    TRY(Core::System::unveil("/sys/kernel/net/arp", "r"));
+    if (!flag_numeric)
+        TRY(Core::System::unveil("/tmp/portal/lookup", "rw"));
+
+    TRY(Core::System::unveil(nullptr, nullptr));
+
     enum class Alignment {
         Left,
         Right