diff --git a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
index 06b8490a9..1c1662475 100644
--- a/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
+++ b/pkg/gui/commits_panel.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (gui *Gui) handleRenameCommit(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 	if gui.getItemPosition(gui.getCommitsView(g)) != 0 {
 		return gui.createErrorPanel(g, gui.Tr.SLocalize("OnlyRenameTopCommit"))
 	}
-	gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("renameCommit"), func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
+	return gui.createPromptPanel(g, v, gui.Tr.SLocalize("renameCommit"), func(g *gocui.Gui, v *gocui.View) error {
 		if err := gui.GitCommand.RenameCommit(v.Buffer()); err != nil {
 			return gui.createErrorPanel(g, err.Error())
 		}