diff --git a/common/cli_simple.c b/common/cli_simple.c
index 413c2eb89ec26fb5d68522ac33e0eddbf679dee2..49d58339286deb0ba5ca3e49708b850fcb1c0391 100644
--- a/common/cli_simple.c
+++ b/common/cli_simple.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ int cli_simple_run_command_list(char *cmd, int flag)
 		++next;
 	}
 	if (rcode == 0 && *line)
-		rcode = (cli_simple_run_command(line, 0) >= 0);
+		rcode = (cli_simple_run_command(line, 0) < 0);
 
 	return rcode;
 }