diff --git a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
index 389ed9aa294cc3f0b70f2459a8e1b5f185a96ce7..2e52bdbf7299bb821f50b41d44d5f5252fb253be 100644
--- a/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
+++ b/src/os/solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp
@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@ void os::abort(bool dump_core) {
 
 // Die immediately, no exit hook, no abort hook, no cleanup.
 void os::die() {
-  _exit(-1);
+  ::abort(); // dump core (for debugging)
 }
 
 // unused