diff --git a/bin/brew b/bin/brew
index b0e38aba46..7eeb35db70 100755
--- a/bin/brew
+++ b/bin/brew
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ then
   # Hide shellcheck complaint:
   # shellcheck source=/dev/null
   source "$HOMEBREW_BASH_COMMAND"
-  "$HOMEBREW_COMMAND" "$@"
-  exit $?
+  { "$HOMEBREW_COMMAND" "$@"; exit $?; }
 else
   exec "$HOMEBREW_RUBY_PATH" -W0 "$HOMEBREW_LIBRARY/brew.rb" "$@"
 fi