diff --git a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Tensor/TensorI.H b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Tensor/TensorI.H
index ec6997262a..6e24c0f506 100644
--- a/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Tensor/TensorI.H
+++ b/src/OpenFOAM/primitives/Tensor/TensorI.H
@@ -746,6 +746,7 @@ inline Tensor<Cmpt> inv(const Tensor<Cmpt>& t, const Cmpt detval)
         FatalErrorInFunction
             << "Tensor not properly invertible, determinant:"
             << detval << " tensor:" << t << nl
+            << abort(FatalError);
     }
     #endif