diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
index 2cd2adb5fe45..677aa764d4a0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/Console/Helper/QuestionHelper.php
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ private function autocomplete(OutputInterface $output, Question $question, $inpu
 
             // as opposed to fgets(), fread() returns an empty string when the stream content is empty, not false.
             if (false === $c || ('' === $ret && '' === $c && null === $question->getDefault())) {
+                shell_exec(sprintf('stty %s', $sttyMode));
                 throw new RuntimeException('Aborted.');
             } elseif ("\177" === $c) { // Backspace Character
                 if (0 === $numMatches && 0 !== $i) {