diff --git a/Zend/zend_alloc.c b/Zend/zend_alloc.c
index 3511c48a76f5e..0ed2ee2a79aec 100644
--- a/Zend/zend_alloc.c
+++ b/Zend/zend_alloc.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static ZEND_COLD ZEND_NORETURN void zend_mm_panic(const char *message)
 #if ZEND_DEBUG && defined(HAVE_KILL) && defined(HAVE_GETPID)
 	kill(getpid(), SIGSEGV);
 #endif
-	exit(1);
+	abort();
 }
 
 static ZEND_COLD ZEND_NORETURN void zend_mm_safe_error(zend_mm_heap *heap,