diff --git a/deluge/ui/console/commander.py b/deluge/ui/console/commander.py
index 2b51da893..c4264c9df 100644
--- a/deluge/ui/console/commander.py
+++ b/deluge/ui/console/commander.py
@@ -113,16 +113,16 @@ class Commander:
         def on_connect(result):
             def on_started(result):
                 def on_started(result):
-                    deferreds = []
+                    def do_command(result, cmd):
+                        return self.do_command(cmd)
+
+                    d = defer.succeed(None)
                     # If we have args, lets process them and quit
                     # allow multiple commands split by ";"
                     for arg in args.split(";"):
-                        deferreds.append(defer.maybeDeferred(self.do_command, arg.strip()))
+                        d.addCallback(do_command, arg.strip())
 
-                    def on_complete(result):
-                        self.do_command("quit")
-
-                    dl = defer.DeferredList(deferreds).addCallback(on_complete)
+                    d.addCallback(do_command, "quit")
 
                 # We need to wait for the rpcs in start() to finish before processing
                 # any of the commands.