diff --git a/src/hlua.c b/src/hlua.c
index 4a3a76f7e..b1c2fa4df 100644
--- a/src/hlua.c
+++ b/src/hlua.c
@@ -5312,6 +5312,7 @@ __LJMP static int hlua_applet_tcp_getline_yield(lua_State *L, int status, lua_KC
 	if (ret == 0) {
 		applet_need_more_data(luactx->appctx);
 		MAY_LJMP(hlua_yieldk(L, 0, 0, hlua_applet_tcp_getline_yield, TICK_ETERNITY, 0));
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* End of data: commit the total strings and return. */