diff --git a/share/functions/delete-or-exit.fish b/share/functions/delete-or-exit.fish
index 7bb5c1eff..d82bf2ac1 100644
--- a/share/functions/delete-or-exit.fish
+++ b/share/functions/delete-or-exit.fish
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #
 
 function delete-or-exit
-	if test (commandline)
+	set -l cmd (commandline)
+	if test "$cmd"
 		commandline -f delete-char
 	else
 		exit 0