diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index f4632ffac..cb88a1cba 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4609,8 +4609,8 @@ void Tokenizer::simplifyFlowControl()
             tok = tok->next();
             eraseDeadCode(tok, beginindent->link());
 
-        } else if (tok->str() == "return" || tok->str() == "throw") {
-            //catch the first ';' after the return|trow statement
+        } else if (Token::Match(tok,"return|throw|exit|abort")) {
+            //catch the first ';'
             for (Token *tok2 = tok->next(); tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
                 if (tok2->str() == "(" || tok2->str() == "[") {
                     tok2 = tok2->link();
diff --git a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
index c9fc2f590..fa8e5b5bf 100644
--- a/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
+++ b/test/testsimplifytokens.cpp
@@ -3075,6 +3075,8 @@ private:
         std::list<std::string> beforedead;
         beforedead.push_back("return");
         beforedead.push_back("throw ( 10 )");
+        beforedead.push_back("exit ( 0 )");
+        beforedead.push_back("abort ( )");
         beforedead.push_back("goto labels");
         beforedead.push_back("break");
         beforedead.push_back("continue");