diff --git a/src/cmdhandler.py b/src/cmdhandler.py
index fa1d115f25..5369850762 100755
--- a/src/cmdhandler.py
+++ b/src/cmdhandler.py
@@ -283,7 +283,6 @@ def handle(command):
                     (format_exc(),))
                 logger.log_errmsg("Untrapped error, evoker %s: %s" %
                     (session, format_exc()))
-            finally:
                 # Prevent things from falling through to UnknownCommand.
                 raise ExitCommandHandler