diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
index 5d35e4b41..e1e413325 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/malloc.c
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ wrtmessage(const char *p1, const char *p2, const char *p3, const char *p4)
 void (*_malloc_message)(const char *p1, const char *p2, const char *p3,
 	    const char *p4) = wrtmessage;
 static void
-wrterror(const char *p)
+wrterror(const char *p) __attribute__ ((noreturn))
 {
 
     suicide = 1;