diff --git a/src/runtime_linux.cc b/src/runtime_linux.cc
index 0be6339..a4fc3af 100644
--- a/src/runtime_linux.cc
+++ b/src/runtime_linux.cc
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
   }
   handlingUnexpectedSignal = true;
 
-  gAborting = true;  // set before taking any locks
+  gAborting++;  // set before taking any locks
   MutexLock mu(Thread::Current(), *Locks::unexpected_signal_lock_);
 
   bool has_address = (signal_number == SIGILL || signal_number == SIGBUS ||