diff --git a/src/scripting.c b/src/scripting.c
index d614f42a13f87d14d383604ff59c1224b8d70fa9..46301eb11308aa2bf21ea760b6fe2e10ba6e5ad4 100644
--- a/src/scripting.c
+++ b/src/scripting.c
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ void evalGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int evalsha) {
     lua_State *lua = server.lua;
     char funcname[43];
     long long numkeys;
-    int delhook = 0;
+    int delhook = 0, err;
 
     /* We want the same PRNG sequence at every call so that our PRNG is
      * not affected by external state. */
@@ -869,30 +869,31 @@ void evalGenericCommand(redisClient *c, int evalsha) {
     /* At this point whatever this script was never seen before or if it was
      * already defined, we can call it. We have zero arguments and expect
      * a single return value. */
-    if (lua_pcall(lua,0,1,0)) {
-        if (delhook) lua_sethook(lua,luaMaskCountHook,0,0); /* Disable hook */
-        if (server.lua_timedout) {
-            server.lua_timedout = 0;
-            /* Restore the readable handler that was unregistered when the
-             * script timeout was detected. */
-            aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,c->fd,AE_READABLE,
-                              readQueryFromClient,c);
-        }
-        server.lua_caller = NULL;
-        selectDb(c,server.lua_client->db->id); /* set DB ID from Lua client */
-        addReplyErrorFormat(c,"Error running script (call to %s): %s\n",
-            funcname, lua_tostring(lua,-1));
-        lua_pop(lua,1);
-        lua_gc(lua,LUA_GCCOLLECT,0);
-        return;
-    }
+    err = lua_pcall(lua,0,1,0);
+
+    /* Perform some cleanup that we need to do both on error and success. */
     if (delhook) lua_sethook(lua,luaMaskCountHook,0,0); /* Disable hook */
-    server.lua_timedout = 0;
+    if (server.lua_timedout) {
+        server.lua_timedout = 0;
+        /* Restore the readable handler that was unregistered when the
+         * script timeout was detected. */
+        aeCreateFileEvent(server.el,c->fd,AE_READABLE,
+                          readQueryFromClient,c);
+    }
     server.lua_caller = NULL;
     selectDb(c,server.lua_client->db->id); /* set DB ID from Lua client */
-    luaReplyToRedisReply(c,lua);
     lua_gc(lua,LUA_GCSTEP,1);
 
+    if (err) {
+        addReplyErrorFormat(c,"Error running script (call to %s): %s\n",
+            funcname, lua_tostring(lua,-1));
+        lua_pop(lua,1); /* Consume the Lua reply. */
+    } else {
+        /* On success convert the Lua return value into Redis protocol, and
+         * send it to * the client. */
+        luaReplyToRedisReply(c,lua);
+    }
+
     /* If we have slaves attached we want to replicate this command as
      * EVAL instead of EVALSHA. We do this also in the AOF as currently there
      * is no easy way to propagate a command in a different way in the AOF