diff --git a/linker/linker_main.cpp b/linker/linker_main.cpp
index a5ccd0f..4799739 100644
--- a/linker/linker_main.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker_main.cpp
@@ -208,7 +208,17 @@
 #endif
 
 static void __linker_cannot_link(const char* argv0) {
-  async_safe_fatal("CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s", argv0, linker_get_error_buffer());
+  async_safe_format_fd(STDERR_FILENO,
+                       "CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s\n",
+                       argv0,
+                       linker_get_error_buffer());
+
+  async_safe_format_log(ANDROID_LOG_FATAL,
+                        "linker",
+                        "CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE \"%s\": %s",
+                        argv0,
+                        linker_get_error_buffer());
+  _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/tests/dl_test.cpp b/tests/dl_test.cpp
index aaf2c37..ceb0b4d 100644
--- a/tests/dl_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/dl_test.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
   chmod(helper.c_str(), 0755);
   ExecTestHelper eth;
   eth.SetArgs({ helper.c_str(), nullptr });
-  eth.Run([&]() { execve(helper.c_str(), eth.GetArgs(), eth.GetEnv()); }, -6, error_message.c_str());
+  eth.Run([&]() { execve(helper.c_str(), eth.GetArgs(), eth.GetEnv()); }, EXIT_FAILURE, error_message.c_str());
 #endif
 }