diff --git a/bin/sh/eval.c b/bin/sh/eval.c
index e3b93a3e61ea..07b0d64828f7 100644
--- a/bin/sh/eval.c
+++ b/bin/sh/eval.c
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ evalcase(union node *n, int flags)
 	setstackmark(&smark);
 	arglist.lastp = &arglist.list;
 	oexitstatus = exitstatus;
-	exitstatus = 0;
 	expandarg(n->ncase.expr, &arglist, EXP_TILDE);
 	for (cp = n->ncase.cases ; cp ; cp = cp->nclist.next) {
 		for (patp = cp->nclist.pattern ; patp ; patp = patp->narg.next) {
@@ -392,11 +391,14 @@ evalcase(union node *n, int flags)
 						return (NULL);
 					cp = cp->nclist.next;
 				}
+				if (cp->nclist.body == NULL)
+					exitstatus = 0;
 				return (cp->nclist.body);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	popstackmark(&smark);
+	exitstatus = 0;
 	return (NULL);
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case14.0 b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case14.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0338e8a224e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case14.0
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+case `false` in
+no) exit 3 ;;
+esac
diff --git a/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case15.0 b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case15.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..09b0e1133544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case15.0
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+case x in
+`false`) exit 3 ;;
+esac
diff --git a/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case16.0 b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case16.0
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24303027ba91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/regression/bin/sh/builtins/case16.0
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# $FreeBSD$
+
+f() { return 42; }
+f
+case x in
+x) [ $? = 42 ] ;;
+esac