diff --git a/src/switch_loadable_module.c b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
index d6796c8119..fe596bdf6b 100644
--- a/src/switch_loadable_module.c
+++ b/src/switch_loadable_module.c
@@ -1300,7 +1300,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_loadable_module_init(switch_bool_t autolo
 				if (switch_loadable_module_load_module_ex((char *) path, (char *) val, SWITCH_FALSE, global, &err) == SWITCH_STATUS_GENERR) {
 					if (critical && switch_true(critical)) {
 						switch_log_printf(SWITCH_CHANNEL_LOG, SWITCH_LOG_CRIT, "Failed to load critical module '%s', abort()\n", val);
-						abort();
+						return SWITCH_STATUS_FALSE;
 					}
 				}
 				count++;