diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/caskroom.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/caskroom.rb
index 644728129e..255e23888a 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/caskroom.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/caskroom.rb
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ module Hbc
       return if Hbc.caskroom.exist?
 
       ohai "Creating Caskroom at #{Hbc.caskroom}"
-      ohai "We'll set permissions properly so we won't need sudo in the future"
       sudo = !Hbc.caskroom.parent.writable?
 
+      ohai "We'll set permissions properly so we won't need sudo in the future" if sudo
+
       SystemCommand.run("/bin/mkdir", args: ["-p", Hbc.caskroom], sudo: sudo)
       SystemCommand.run("/bin/chmod", args: ["g+rwx", Hbc.caskroom], sudo: sudo)
       SystemCommand.run("/usr/sbin/chown", args: [Utils.current_user, Hbc.caskroom], sudo: sudo)
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/fetch.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/fetch.rb
index 9b3d5099cf..fc928586f2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/fetch.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cask/lib/hbc/cli/fetch.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ module Hbc
         end
       end
 
+      def self.needs_init?
+        true
+      end
+
       def self.help
         "downloads remote application files to local cache"
       end