diff --git a/netd/NetdUpdatable.cpp b/netd/NetdUpdatable.cpp
index 8b9e5a7..3b15916 100644
--- a/netd/NetdUpdatable.cpp
+++ b/netd/NetdUpdatable.cpp
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 
     android::netdutils::Status ret = sBpfHandler.init(cg2_path);
     if (!android::netdutils::isOk(ret)) {
-        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": Failed. " << ret.code() << " " << ret.msg();
-        return -ret.code();
+        LOG(ERROR) << __func__ << ": Failed: (" << ret.code() << ") " << ret.msg();
+        abort();
     }
     return 0;
 }