diff --git a/apps/app_directory.c b/apps/app_directory.c
index 34001ad514f88a58d0f8d2eff14f0a6a04810b68..deca0392262991407fc1a67fb5419d2f01ec9804 100644
--- a/apps/app_directory.c
+++ b/apps/app_directory.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int directory_exec(struct ast_channel *chan, const char *data)
 					"dir-firstlast", AST_DIGIT_ANY);
 			}
 			if (!res) {
-				ast_stream_and_wait(chan, "dir-usingkeypad", AST_DIGIT_ANY);
+				res = ast_stream_and_wait(chan, "dir-usingkeypad", AST_DIGIT_ANY);
 			}
 		}
 		ast_stopstream(chan);