diff --git a/src/cli.c b/src/cli.c
index 8191eb09b..e37276a1c 100644
--- a/src/cli.c
+++ b/src/cli.c
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ int cli_parse_cmdline(struct appctx *appctx)
 				cli_err(appctx, "The command line is too big for the buffer size. Please change tune.bufsize in the configuration to use a bigger command.\n");
 				applet_set_error(appctx);
 				b_reset(&appctx->inbuf);
+				goto end;
 			}
 			break;
 		}