diff --git a/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc b/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
index 6b30eeb..ad823cf 100644
--- a/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
+++ b/libcurl_http_fetcher.cc
@@ -442,11 +442,7 @@
         metrics::CheckResult::kUnset,
         metrics::CheckReaction::kUnset,
         metrics::DownloadErrorCode::kInternalError);
-    // According to https://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/c/libcurl-errors.html:
-    // CURLM_INTERNAL_ERROR and CURLM_OUT_OF_MEMORY are two libcurl error codes
-    // that caller has no way to recover on its own. Thus, we exit and let the
-    // system respawn update_engine to start from a fresh state and recover.
-    LOG(FATAL) << "curl_multi_perform is in an unrecoverable error condition: "
+    LOG(ERROR) << "curl_multi_perform is in an unrecoverable error condition: "
                << retcode;
   } else if (retcode != CURLM_OK) {
     LOG(ERROR) << "curl_multi_perform returns error: " << retcode;