diff --git a/lua.c b/lua.c
index 51979a8b..bff6a8f5 100644
--- a/lua.c
+++ b/lua.c
@@ -544,10 +544,8 @@ static int incomplete (lua_State *L, int status) {
   if (status == LUA_ERRSYNTAX) {
     size_t lmsg;
     const char *msg = lua_tolstring(L, -1, &lmsg);
-    if (lmsg >= marklen && strcmp(msg + lmsg - marklen, EOFMARK) == 0) {
-      lua_pop(L, 1);
+    if (lmsg >= marklen && strcmp(msg + lmsg - marklen, EOFMARK) == 0)
       return 1;
-    }
   }
   return 0;  /* else... */
 }
@@ -561,9 +559,9 @@ static int pushline (lua_State *L, int firstline) {
   size_t l;
   const char *prmt = get_prompt(L, firstline);
   char *b = lua_readline(buffer, prmt);
-  if (b == NULL)
-    return 0;  /* no input (prompt will be popped by caller) */
   lua_pop(L, 1);  /* remove prompt */
+  if (b == NULL)
+    return 0;  /* no input */
   l = strlen(b);
   if (l > 0 && b[l-1] == '\n')  /* line ends with newline? */
     b[--l] = '\0';  /* remove it */
@@ -584,11 +582,8 @@ static int addreturn (lua_State *L) {
   const char *line = lua_tostring(L, -1);  /* original line */
   const char *retline = lua_pushfstring(L, "return %s;", line);
   int status = luaL_loadbuffer(L, retline, strlen(retline), "=stdin");
-  if (status == LUA_OK) {
+  if (status == LUA_OK)
     lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove modified line */
-    if (line[0] != '\0')  /* non empty? */
-      lua_saveline(line);  /* keep history */
-  }
   else
     lua_pop(L, 2);  /* pop result from 'luaL_loadbuffer' and modified line */
   return status;
@@ -596,17 +591,18 @@ static int addreturn (lua_State *L) {
 
 
 /*
-** Read multiple lines until a complete Lua statement
+** Read multiple lines until a complete Lua statement or an error not
+** for an incomplete statement. Start with first line already read in
+** the stack.
 */
 static int multiline (lua_State *L) {
   for (;;) {  /* repeat until gets a complete statement */
     size_t len;
     const char *line = lua_tolstring(L, 1, &len);  /* get what it has */
     int status = luaL_loadbuffer(L, line, len, "=stdin");  /* try it */
-    if (!incomplete(L, status) || !pushline(L, 0)) {
-      lua_saveline(line);  /* keep history */
-      return status;  /* cannot or should not try to add continuation line */
-    }
+    if (!incomplete(L, status) || !pushline(L, 0))
+      return status;  /* should not or cannot try to add continuation line */
+    lua_remove(L, -2);  /* remove error message (from incomplete line) */
     lua_pushliteral(L, "\n");  /* add newline... */
     lua_insert(L, -2);  /* ...between the two lines */
     lua_concat(L, 3);  /* join them */
@@ -621,12 +617,16 @@ static int multiline (lua_State *L) {
 ** in the top of the stack.
 */
 static int loadline (lua_State *L) {
+  const char *line;
   int status;
   lua_settop(L, 0);
   if (!pushline(L, 1))
     return -1;  /* no input */
   if ((status = addreturn(L)) != LUA_OK)  /* 'return ...' did not work? */
     status = multiline(L);  /* try as command, maybe with continuation lines */
+  line = lua_tostring(L, 1);
+  if (line[0] != '\0')  /* non empty? */
+    lua_saveline(line);  /* keep history */
   lua_remove(L, 1);  /* remove line from the stack */
   lua_assert(lua_gettop(L) == 1);
   return status;
diff --git a/testes/main.lua b/testes/main.lua
index 9a86fb5a..17fbcb61 100644
--- a/testes/main.lua
+++ b/testes/main.lua
@@ -349,6 +349,11 @@ prepfile("a = [[b\nc\nd\ne]]\n=a")
 RUN([[lua -e"_PROMPT='' _PROMPT2=''" -i < %s > %s]], prog, out)
 checkprogout("b\nc\nd\ne\n\n")
 
+-- input interrupted in continuation line
+prepfile("a.\n")
+RUN([[lua -i < %s > /dev/null 2> %s]], prog, out)
+checkprogout("near <eof>\n")
+
 local prompt = "alo"
 prepfile[[ --
 a = 2