diff --git a/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx b/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
index e3332817f4e4..458da9d8c251 100644
--- a/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/app/svapp.cxx
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ bool Application::Reschedule( bool i_bAllEvents )
     if (bAbort)
     {
         SAL_WARN("vcl.schedule", "Application::Reschedule(" << i_bAllEvents << ")");
-        std::abort();
+        return false;
     }
     return ImplYield(false, i_bAllEvents);
 }