diff --git a/src/ceph.in b/src/ceph.in
index daec2993764..79bec56261d 100755
--- a/src/ceph.in
+++ b/src/ceph.in
@@ -539,7 +539,11 @@ def new_style_command(parsed_args, cmdargs, target, sigdict, inbuf, verbose):
                 import readline  # noqa
 
             while True:
-                interactive_input = read_input()
+                try:
+                    interactive_input = read_input()
+                except EOFError:
+                    # leave user an uncluttered prompt
+                    return 0, '\n', ''
                 if interactive_input is None:
                     return 0, '', ''
                 cmdargs = parse_cmdargs(shlex.split(interactive_input))[2]