1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/lineedit.c b/libbb/lineedit.c
index 92bea856e..dbe616466 100644
--- a/libbb/lineedit.c
+++ b/libbb/lineedit.c
@@ -2729,7 +2729,8 @@ int FAST_FUNC read_line_input(const char* prompt, char* command, int maxsize)
 {
         fputs(prompt, stdout);
         fflush_all();
-        fgets(command, maxsize, stdin);
+        if (!fgets(command, maxsize, stdin))
+                return -1;
         return strlen(command);
 }