diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 347f7a0e38f..f50c14b3d7a 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -124,17 +124,19 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream, eval) {
       rli.close();
       process.exit();
     }
-    var bareInt = false;
+
+    rli.line = '';
+
     if (!(self.bufferedCommand && self.bufferedCommand.length > 0) &&
         rli.line.length === 0) {
-      rli.write('\n(^C again to quit)');
-      bareInt = true;
+      rli.output.write('\n(^C again to quit)\n');
+      sawSIGINT = true;
+    } else {
+      rli.output.write('\n');
     }
-    rli.line = '';
-    rli.write('\n');
+
     self.bufferedCommand = '';
     self.displayPrompt();
-    sawSIGINT = bareInt;
   });
 
   rli.addListener('line', function(cmd) {