diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 0e415a5e9b..c782e5b6b2 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -1286,6 +1286,10 @@ void cpu_abort(CPUState *env, const char *fmt, ...)
     cpu_dump_state(env, stderr, fprintf, 0);
 #endif
     va_end(ap);
+    if (logfile) {
+        fflush(logfile);
+        fclose(logfile);
+    }
     abort();
 }