1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Python/frozenmain.c b/Python/frozenmain.c
index 6554aa75b0..a777576ad7 100644
--- a/Python/frozenmain.c
+++ b/Python/frozenmain.c
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ Py_FrozenMain(int argc, char **argv)
 {
     _PyInitError err = _PyRuntime_Initialize();
     if (_Py_INIT_FAILED(err)) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Fatal Python error: %s\n", err.msg);
-        fflush(stderr);
-        exit(1);
+        _Py_ExitInitError(err);
     }
 
     const char *p;