diff --git a/lib/cli.py b/lib/cli.py
index 3b1156c7a020f83f6276595007256466530fe631..be71648698d7289ad38e0321b413f3bfd668fec2 100644
--- a/lib/cli.py
+++ b/lib/cli.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ __all__ = [
   "FIELDS_OPT",
   "FORCE_OPT",
   "NOHDR_OPT",
+  "NONICS_OPT",
   "NWSYNC_OPT",
   "SEP_OPT",
   "SUBMIT_OPT",
@@ -482,6 +483,10 @@ DISK_TEMPLATE_OPT = cli_option("-t", "--disk-template", dest="disk_template",
                                default=None, metavar="TEMPL",
                                choices=list(constants.DISK_TEMPLATES))
 
+NONICS_OPT = cli_option("--no-nics", default=False, action="store_true",
+                        help="Do not create any network cards for"
+                        " the instance")
+
 
 def _ParseArgs(argv, commands, aliases):
   """Parser for the command line arguments.
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-backup b/scripts/gnt-backup
index 8ee9b67455131182e25f8c9542fe816f85cf37c9..372389dcc6f6bad77ce49d708ddcab1ab9206efa 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-backup
+++ b/scripts/gnt-backup
@@ -231,8 +231,7 @@ import_opts = [
              default=[], dest="nics",
              action="append",
              type="identkeyval"),
-  cli_option("--no-nics", default=False, action="store_true",
-             help="Do not create any network cards for the instance"),
+  NONICS_OPT,
   NWSYNC_OPT,
   cli_option("--src-node", dest="src_node", help="Source node",
              metavar="<node>",
diff --git a/scripts/gnt-instance b/scripts/gnt-instance
index 05b2a45a7b1f0759acc16218c50bf9b9f7863cd3..b4470db718d743bfc7c3baf9c52c22b5378c2475 100755
--- a/scripts/gnt-instance
+++ b/scripts/gnt-instance
@@ -1388,8 +1388,7 @@ add_opts = [
              default=[], dest="nics",
              action="append",
              type="identkeyval"),
-  cli_option("--no-nics", default=False, action="store_true",
-             help="Do not create any network cards for the instance"),
+  NONICS_OPT,
   NWSYNC_OPT,
   cli_option("--no-start", dest="start", default=True,
              action="store_false", help="Don't start the instance after"