diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
index 7d8de573df0e8..9a314c251475f 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.cpp
@@ -486,7 +486,8 @@ bool CommandObjectExpression::EvaluateExpression(llvm::StringRef expr,
     }
   }
 
-  return true;
+  return (success != eExpressionSetupError &&
+          success != eExpressionParseError);
 }
 
 void CommandObjectExpression::IOHandlerInputComplete(IOHandler &io_handler,
diff --git a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.h b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.h
index ddee9c36924d7..1e59cbc145288 100644
--- a/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.h
+++ b/lldb/source/Commands/CommandObjectExpression.h
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ class CommandObjectExpression : public CommandObjectRaw,
   /// expression in the given target.
   EvaluateExpressionOptions GetEvalOptions(const Target &target);
 
+  /// Evaluates the given expression.
+  /// \param output_stream The stream to which the evaluation result will be
+  ///                      printed.
+  /// \param error_stream Contains error messages that should be displayed to
+  ///                     the user in case the evaluation fails.
+  /// \param result A CommandReturnObject which status will be set to the
+  ///               appropriate value depending on evaluation success and
+  ///               whether the expression produced any result.
+  /// \return Returns true iff the expression was successfully evaluated,
+  ///         executed and the result could be printed to the output stream.
   bool EvaluateExpression(llvm::StringRef expr, Stream &output_stream,
                           Stream &error_stream, CommandReturnObject &result);
 
diff --git a/lldb/test/API/commands/statistics/basic/TestStats.py b/lldb/test/API/commands/statistics/basic/TestStats.py
index 76bc224338488..be028199fade1 100644
--- a/lldb/test/API/commands/statistics/basic/TestStats.py
+++ b/lldb/test/API/commands/statistics/basic/TestStats.py
@@ -21,6 +21,20 @@ def test(self):
         self.expect("statistics dump", substrs=['expr evaluation successes : 1\n',
                                                 'expr evaluation failures : 0\n'])
 
+        self.expect("statistics enable")
+        # Doesn't parse.
+        self.expect("expr doesnt_exist", error=True,
+                    substrs=["undeclared identifier 'doesnt_exist'"])
+        # Doesn't successfully execute.
+        self.expect("expr int *i = nullptr; *i", error=True)
+        # Interpret an integer as an array with 3 elements is also a failure.
+        self.expect("expr -Z 3 -- 1", error=True,
+                    substrs=["expression cannot be used with --element-count"])
+        self.expect("statistics disable")
+        # We should have gotten 3 new failures and the previous success.
+        self.expect("statistics dump", substrs=['expr evaluation successes : 1\n',
+                                                'expr evaluation failures : 3\n'])
+
         # 'frame var' with disabled statistics shouldn't change stats.
         self.expect("frame var", substrs=['27'])