diff --git a/Lib/cmd.py b/Lib/cmd.py
index 508c4de..35b9e0b 100644
--- a/Lib/cmd.py
+++ b/Lib/cmd.py
@@ -91,11 +91,9 @@
 			if hasattr(self, 'do_shell'):
 				line = 'shell'
 			else:
-				self.default(line)
-				return
+				return self.default(line)
 		elif not line:
-			self.emptyline()
-			return
+			return self.emptyline()
 		self.lastcmd = line
 		i, n = 0, len(line)
 		while i < n and line[i] in self.identchars: i = i+1