diff --git a/target/unicore32/softmmu.c b/target/unicore32/softmmu.c
index e7152e72e0..d8d76968f3 100644
--- a/target/unicore32/softmmu.c
+++ b/target/unicore32/softmmu.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "qemu/osdep.h"
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "exec/exec-all.h"
+#include "qemu/error-report.h"
 
 #undef DEBUG_UC32
 
@@ -271,8 +272,7 @@ int uc32_cpu_handle_mmu_fault(CPUState *cs, vaddr address,
 
 hwaddr uc32_cpu_get_phys_page_debug(CPUState *cs, vaddr addr)
 {
-    UniCore32CPU *cpu = UNICORE32_CPU(cs);
-
-    cpu_abort(CPU(cpu), "%s not supported yet\n", __func__);
-    return addr;
+    error_report("function uc32_cpu_get_phys_page_debug not "
+                    "implemented, aborting");
+    return -1;
 }