diff --git a/kern/test/kmalloctest.c b/kern/test/kmalloctest.c
index a9601d6..b22be7a 100644
--- a/kern/test/kmalloctest.c
+++ b/kern/test/kmalloctest.c
@@ -87,10 +87,10 @@ kmallocthread(void *sm, unsigned long num)
 			if (sem) {
 				kprintf("thread %lu: kmalloc returned NULL\n",
 					num);
-				goto done;
+				panic("kmalloc test failed");
 			}
 			kprintf("kmalloc returned null; test failed.\n");
-			goto done;
+			panic("kmalloc test failed");
 		}
 		if (oldptr2) {
 			kfree(oldptr2);