diff --git a/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh b/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
index 4f008ba4e..bf8fad616 100644
--- a/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
+++ b/plugins/svn/svn.plugin.zsh
@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ $ZSH_THEME_REPO_NAME_COLOR$_DISPLAY$ZSH_PROMPT_BASE_COLOR$ZSH_THEME_SVN_PROMPT_S
 
 
 function in_svn() {
-  if $(svn info >/dev/null 2>&1); then
-    return 0
-  fi
-  return 1
+  # Subversion doesn't return any exit status for the 'info' command, hence this hack.
+  # grep will return 0 if 'One or more lines were selected', and Bash treats 0 as true!
+  svn info 2>&1 | grep -q 'Path:'
+  return $?
 }
 
 function svn_get_repo_name() {