diff --git a/libretro-common/streams/chd_stream.c b/libretro-common/streams/chd_stream.c
index 1c569cf17b..94c1e22329 100644
--- a/libretro-common/streams/chd_stream.c
+++ b/libretro-common/streams/chd_stream.c
@@ -346,7 +346,6 @@ ssize_t chdstream_read(chdstream_t *stream, void *data, size_t bytes)
 
          if (!chdstream_load_hunk(stream, hunk))
          {
-            abort();
             return -1;
          }
          memcpy(out + data_offset,