diff --git a/bl2/aarch64/bl2_entrypoint.S b/bl2/aarch64/bl2_entrypoint.S
index 476efe8..25363ac 100644
--- a/bl2/aarch64/bl2_entrypoint.S
+++ b/bl2/aarch64/bl2_entrypoint.S
@@ -131,6 +131,6 @@
 	 * Should never reach this point.
 	 * ---------------------------------------------
 	 */
-	bl	plat_panic_handler
+	no_ret	plat_panic_handler
 
 endfunc bl2_entrypoint