diff --git a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp
index 649314c935a..d7b2fd6dd7b 100644
--- a/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp
+++ b/src/corelib/kernel/qeventdispatcher_unix.cpp
@@ -465,11 +465,9 @@ bool QEventDispatcherUNIX::processEvents(QEventLoop::ProcessEventsFlags flags)
 
     switch (qt_safe_poll(d->pollfds.data(), d->pollfds.size(), tm)) {
     case -1:
-#if QT_CONFIG(poll_exit_on_error)
-        qFatal("qt_safe_poll errno: %i error: %ls", errno, qUtf16Printable(qt_error_string()));
-#else
-        perror("qt_safe_poll");
-#endif
+        qErrnoWarning("qt_safe_poll");
+        if (QT_CONFIG(poll_exit_on_error))
+            abort();
         break;
     case 0:
         break;