diff --git a/res/res_pjsip_outbound_registration.c b/res/res_pjsip_outbound_registration.c
index 5be38ebf4f..98cd30c4e5 100644
--- a/res/res_pjsip_outbound_registration.c
+++ b/res/res_pjsip_outbound_registration.c
@@ -601,6 +601,7 @@ static pj_status_t registration_client_send(struct sip_outbound_registration_cli
 	 * drop the references we just added
 	 */
 	if ((status != PJ_SUCCESS) && !(*callback_invoked)) {
+		abort();
 		ast_log(LOG_ERROR, "%s: Failed send registration to server '%s' from client '%s'\n",
 				client_state->registration_name, client_state->server_uri, client_state->client_uri);
 		pjsip_tx_data_dec_ref(tdata);