diff --git a/bl2/aarch32/bl2_entrypoint.S b/bl2/aarch32/bl2_entrypoint.S
index 6c620e2..bb0b7f3 100644
--- a/bl2/aarch32/bl2_entrypoint.S
+++ b/bl2/aarch32/bl2_entrypoint.S
@@ -140,6 +140,6 @@
 	 * Should never reach this point.
 	 * ---------------------------------------------
 	 */
-	bl	plat_panic_handler
+	no_ret	plat_panic_handler
 
 endfunc bl2_entrypoint