diff --git a/git-rebase--interactive.sh b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
index 705178f7e9..1a064af381 100755
--- a/git-rebase--interactive.sh
+++ b/git-rebase--interactive.sh
@@ -239,7 +239,10 @@ do_next () {
 	fi &&
 	message="$GIT_REFLOG_ACTION: $HEADNAME onto $SHORTONTO)" &&
 	git update-ref -m "$message" $HEADNAME $NEWHEAD $OLDHEAD &&
-	git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME &&
+	git symbolic-ref HEAD $HEADNAME && {
+		test ! -f "$DOTEST"/verbose ||
+			git diff --stat $(cat "$DOTEST"/head)..HEAD
+	} &&
 	rm -rf "$DOTEST" &&
 	warn "Successfully rebased and updated $HEADNAME."
 
@@ -251,9 +254,6 @@ do_rest () {
 	do
 		do_next
 	done
-	test -f "$DOTEST"/verbose &&
-		git diff --stat $(cat "$DOTEST"/head)..HEAD
-	exit
 }
 
 while case $# in 0) break ;; esac