diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 7fe29b3dd34..d6a5425380a 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@ function REPLServer(prompt, stream, eval, useGlobal, ignoreUndefined) {
 
     rli.line = '';
 
-    if (!(self.bufferedCommand && self.bufferedCommand.length > 0) &&
-        rli.line.length === 0) {
+    if (!(self.bufferedCommand && self.bufferedCommand.length > 0)) {
       rli.output.write('(^C again to quit)\n');
       sawSIGINT = true;
     }