Index: uspace/app/sbi/src/os/helenos.c
===================================================================
--- uspace/app/sbi/src/os/helenos.c	(revision 1ebc1a62b0e759c001488fc0e221be6347082167)
+++ uspace/app/sbi/src/os/helenos.c	(revision 73060801d7ead6a5014c3317ae0b27b2bf910eed)
@@ -105,4 +105,5 @@
 {
 	char *line;
+	int rc;
 
 	if (tinput == NULL) {
@@ -112,7 +113,15 @@
 	}
 
-	line = tinput_read(tinput);
-	if (line == NULL)
+	rc = tinput_read(tinput, &line);
+	if (rc == ENOENT) {
+		/* User-requested abort */
+		*ptr = os_str_dup("");
+		return EOK;
+	}
+
+	if (rc != EOK) {
+		/* Error in communication with console */
 		return EIO;
+	}
 
 	/* XXX Input module needs trailing newline to keep going. */