diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh_wrapper.c b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh_wrapper.c
index f073feffedc..8460c0c43c6 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh_wrapper.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/mesh_wrapper.c
@@ -162,5 +162,5 @@ bool BKE_mesh_wrapper_minmax(const Mesh *me, float min[3], float max[3])
       return BKE_mesh_minmax(me, min, max);
   }
   BLI_assert(0);
-  return false;
+  //return false;
 }
diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
index b9cb32a310e..7f94d62272f 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #ifndef NDEBUG
 #  include "BLI_system.h"
+
+static inline void BLI_abort(void)
+{
+  abort();
+}
 /* _BLI_ASSERT_PRINT_POS */
 #  if defined(__GNUC__)
 #    define _BLI_ASSERT_PRINT_POS(a) \
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #  endif
 /* _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT */
 #  ifdef WITH_ASSERT_ABORT
-#    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT abort
+#    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT BLI_abort
 #  else
 #    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT() (void)0
 #  endif