diff --git a/library/std/src/sys/windows/handle.rs b/library/std/src/sys/windows/handle.rs
index 2a0bffd6a8e9..ef9a8bd69003 100644
--- a/library/std/src/sys/windows/handle.rs
+++ b/library/std/src/sys/windows/handle.rs
@@ -299,8 +299,7 @@ fn synchronous_write(&self, buf: &[u8], offset: Option<u64>) -> io::Result<usize
             // Doing otherwise means that the buffer may be read and the stack
             // written to after this function returns.
             c::STATUS_PENDING => {
-                eprintln!("I/O error: operation failed to complete synchronously");
-                crate::process::abort();
+                rtabort!("I/O error: operation failed to complete synchronously");
             }
 
             // Success!