diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
index b9cb32a310e..f4c84929c6e 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/BLI_assert.h
@@ -69,7 +69,21 @@ extern "C" {
 #  endif
 /* _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT */
 #  ifdef WITH_ASSERT_ABORT
-#    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT abort
+
+/* Begin '_BLI_abort'. */
+/* Wrap the abort call to remove the 'noreturn' attribute since it suppresses
+ * the warning about missing return statements (breaking release builds). */
+#    ifdef __GNUC__ /* Ensure this doesn't get reduced back to 'abort'. */
+__attribute__((noipa)) __attribute__((unused))
+#    endif
+static void
+_BLI_abort(void)
+{
+  abort();
+}
+/* End '_BLI_abort' */
+
+#    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT _BLI_abort
 #  else
 #    define _BLI_ASSERT_ABORT() (void)0
 #  endif