diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index b856c66ebd3a..6dbf27ffafc8 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -585,6 +585,11 @@ int start_idle_thread(void *stack, jmp_buf *switch_buf)
 		fatal_sigsegv();
 	}
 	longjmp(*switch_buf, 1);
+
+	/* unreachable */
+	printk(UM_KERN_ERR "impossible long jump!");
+	fatal_sigsegv();
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void initial_thread_cb_skas(void (*proc)(void *), void *arg)