diff --git a/jdk/src/share/demo/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c b/jdk/src/share/demo/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c
index cd6d1040f50..73413fd4fa6 100644
--- a/jdk/src/share/demo/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c
+++ b/jdk/src/share/demo/jvmti/java_crw_demo/java_crw_demo.c
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ fatal_error(CrwClassImage *ci, const char *message, const char *file, int line)
         /* Normal operation should NEVER reach here */
         /* NO CRW FATAL ERROR HANDLER! */
         (void)fprintf(stderr, "CRW: %s [%s:%d]\n", message, file, line);
-        abort();
     }
+    abort();
 }
 
 #if defined(DEBUG) || !defined(NDEBUG)