diff --git a/sysdeps/mips/__longjmp.c b/sysdeps/mips/__longjmp.c
index 9b4c1e14e0..e9ef5cff3d 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mips/__longjmp.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mips/__longjmp.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1995, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1992, 1995, 1997, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Brendan Kehoe (brendan@zen.org).
 
@@ -79,5 +79,6 @@ __longjmp (env, val_arg)
 
   asm volatile ("j $31");
 
-  abort ();
+  /* Avoid `volatile function does return' warnings.  */
+  for (;;);
 }