diff --git a/profiler/include/profiler/profile_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_impl.hpp b/profiler/include/profiler/profile_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_impl.hpp
index 53f45f18e1..6ce93d4932 100644
--- a/profiler/include/profiler/profile_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_impl.hpp
+++ b/profiler/include/profiler/profile_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_impl.hpp
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ bool profile_grouped_conv_bwd_weight_impl(int do_verification,
         catch(const std::exception& e)
         {
             std::cerr << e.what() << '\n';
+            exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
     }