--- a/src/jdk/nashorn/tools/Shell.java	Wed Aug 13 15:00:24 2014 +0530
+++ b/src/jdk/nashorn/tools/Shell.java	Wed Aug 13 21:03:37 2014 +0530
@@ -442,19 +442,16 @@
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                Object res;
                 try {
-                    res = context.eval(global, source, global, "<shell>", env._strict);
+                    final Object res = context.eval(global, source, global, "<shell>", env._strict);
+                    if (res != ScriptRuntime.UNDEFINED) {
+                        err.println(JSType.toString(res));
+                    }
                 } catch (final Exception e) {
                     err.println(e);
                     if (env._dump_on_error) {
                         e.printStackTrace(err);
                     }
-                    continue;
-                }
-
-                if (res != ScriptRuntime.UNDEFINED) {
-                    err.println(JSType.toString(res));
                 }
             }
         } finally {

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/script/nosecurity/JDK-8055034.js	Wed Aug 13 21:03:37 2014 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ * 
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ * 
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ * 
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ * 
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * JDK-8055034: jjs exits interactive mode if exception was thrown when trying to print value of last evaluated expression 
+ *
+ * @test
+ * @option -scripting
+ * @run
+ */
+
+// assume that this script is run with "nashorn.jar" System
+// property set to relative or absolute path of nashorn.jar
+
+if (typeof fail != 'function') {
+    fail = print;
+}
+
+var System = java.lang.System;
+var File = java.io.File;
+var javahome = System.getProperty("java.home");
+var nashornJar = new File(System.getProperty("nashorn.jar"));
+if (! nashornJar.isAbsolute()) {
+    nashornJar = new File(".", nashornJar);
+}
+var nashornJarDir = nashornJar.parentFile.absolutePath;
+
+// we want to use nashorn.jar passed and not the one that comes with JRE
+var jjsCmd = javahome + "/../bin/jjs";
+jjsCmd += " -J-Djava.ext.dirs=" + nashornJarDir;
+jjsCmd = jjsCmd.toString().replaceAll(/\//g, File.separater);
+
+$EXEC(jjsCmd, "var x = Object.create(null);\nx;\nprint('PASSED');\nexit(0)");
+
+// $ERR has all interactions including prompts! Just check for error substring.
+var err = $ERR.trim();
+if (! err.contains("TypeError: Cannot get default string value")) {
+    fail("Error stream does not contain expected error message");
+}
+
+// should print "PASSED"
+print($OUT.trim());
+// exit code should be 0
+print("exit code = " + $EXIT);

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/test/script/nosecurity/JDK-8055034.js.EXPECTED	Wed Aug 13 21:03:37 2014 +0530
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+PASSED
+exit code = 0