diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index 3b924ec5e0d608ee09dd67faa9ff118886a1fa90..c029fbbc48191d58c1afd14c25af8e4ab2bc4971 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -727,4 +727,6 @@ void panic(const char *fmt, ...)
 	udelay (100000);	/* allow messages to go out */
 	do_reset (NULL, 0, 0, NULL);
 #endif
+	while (1)
+		;
 }