diff --git a/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py b/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
index afc14a63e..be87e70b6 100644
--- a/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
+++ b/python/ray/scripts/scripts.py
@@ -459,10 +459,9 @@ def start(node_ip_address, redis_address, address, redis_port, port,
     if node_ip_address is not None:
         node_ip_address = services.address_to_ip(node_ip_address)
 
-    if redis_address is not None or address is not None:
+    if address is not None:
         (redis_address, redis_address_ip,
-         redis_address_port) = services.validate_redis_address(
-             address, redis_address)
+         redis_address_port) = services.validate_redis_address(address)
 
     try:
         resources = json.loads(resources)