diff --git a/lib/repl.js b/lib/repl.js
index 2a101e9a171fd9..82c3b77a0f8243 100644
--- a/lib/repl.js
+++ b/lib/repl.js
@@ -576,8 +576,10 @@ function REPLServer(prompt,
         self.wrappedCmd = true;
       } else {
         // Mitigate https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/548
-        cmd = cmd.replace(/^\s*function\s+([^(]+)/,
-                  (_, name) => `var ${name} = function ${name}`);
+        cmd = cmd.replace(
+          /^\s*function(?:\s*(\*)\s*|\s+)([^(]+)/,
+          (_, genStar, name) => `var ${name} = function ${genStar || ''}${name}`
+        );
       }
       // Append a \n so that it will be either
       // terminated, or continued onto the next expression if it's an
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-repl.js b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
index 5564e670c8d934..4342910d5dac03 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-repl.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-repl.js
@@ -339,6 +339,19 @@ function error_test() {
     // Avoid emitting stack trace
     { client: client_unix, send: 'a = 3.5e',
       expect: /^(?!\s+at\s)/gm },
+
+    // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/9850
+    { client: client_unix, send: 'function* foo() {}; foo().next();',
+      expect: '{ value: undefined, done: true }' },
+
+    { client: client_unix, send: 'function *foo() {}; foo().next();',
+      expect: '{ value: undefined, done: true }' },
+
+    { client: client_unix, send: 'function*foo() {}; foo().next();',
+      expect: '{ value: undefined, done: true }' },
+
+    { client: client_unix, send: 'function * foo() {}; foo().next()',
+      expect: '{ value: undefined, done: true }' },
   ]);
 }