This fixes 8173, if target was not defined it would break, now it wont

database/mysql_db

@@ -283,6 +283,7 @@ def main():
     target = module.params["target"]
 
     # make sure the target path is expanded for ~ and $HOME
+    if target is not None:
         target = os.path.expandvars(os.path.expanduser(target))
 
     # Either the caller passes both a username and password with which to connect to