diff --git a/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S b/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S
index 1bbd610..9bd25ba 100644
--- a/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S
+++ b/lib/el3_runtime/aarch64/context.S
@@ -534,6 +534,6 @@
 	 */
 	esb
 #endif
-	eret
+	exception_return
 
 endfunc el3_exit