diff --git a/lib/rex/post/sql/ui/console/interactive_sql_client.rb b/lib/rex/post/sql/ui/console/interactive_sql_client.rb
index 5c11a97ee8ac..2c7938c4c42a 100644
--- a/lib/rex/post/sql/ui/console/interactive_sql_client.rb
+++ b/lib/rex/post/sql/ui/console/interactive_sql_client.rb
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ def _multiline
 
     finished = false
     begin
+      result = nil
       prompt_proc_before = ::Reline.prompt_proc
       ::Reline.prompt_proc = proc { |line_buffer| line_buffer.each_with_index.map { |_line, i| i > 0 ? 'SQL *> ' : 'SQL >> ' } }
 
@@ -87,12 +88,16 @@ def _multiline
       # multiline_input is the whole string that the user has input, not just the current line.
       raw_query = ::Reline.readmultiline('SQL >> ', use_history = true) do |multiline_input|
         # The user pressed ctrl + c or ctrl + z and wants to background our SQL prompt
-        return { status: :exit, result: nil } unless self.interacting
+        unless self.interacting
+          result = { status: :exit, result: nil }
+          next true
+        end
+
         # When the user has pressed the enter key with no input, don't run any queries;
         # simply give them a new prompt on a new line.
         if multiline_input.chomp.empty?
-          print_blank_line
-          return { status: :success, result: nil }
+          result = { status: :success, result: nil }
+          next true
         end
 
         # In the case only a stop word was input, exit out of the REPL shell
@@ -106,6 +111,10 @@ def _multiline
       ::Reline.prompt_proc = prompt_proc_before
     end
 
+    if result
+      return result
+    end
+
     if finished
       self.interacting = false
       print_status 'Exiting Shell mode.'