diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/asan/asan_interceptor.hpp b/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/asan/asan_interceptor.hpp
index c3f854d317e56..bbf75d803ba27 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/asan/asan_interceptor.hpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/asan/asan_interceptor.hpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ class AsanInterceptor {
 
   void exitWithErrors() {
     m_NormalExit = false;
-    exit(1);
+    std::abort();
   }
 
   bool isNormalExit() { return m_NormalExit; }
diff --git a/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/msan/msan_interceptor.hpp b/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/msan/msan_interceptor.hpp
index 82438f5f419c1..bc5677cdeeba1 100644
--- a/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/msan/msan_interceptor.hpp
+++ b/unified-runtime/source/loader/layers/sanitizer/msan/msan_interceptor.hpp
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ class MsanInterceptor {
 
   void exitWithErrors() {
     m_NormalExit = false;
-    exit(1);
+    std::abort();
   }
 
   bool isNormalExit() { return m_NormalExit; }