diff --git a/src/conio/sdl_con.c b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
index 9f0046d6a4d338454dc9c86da561788c510d2e29..a102eeb61ae443fc41c041ffb6b8380d756716c2 100644
--- a/src/conio/sdl_con.c
+++ b/src/conio/sdl_con.c
@@ -296,6 +296,10 @@ void exit_sdl_con(void)
 	ciolib_reaper = 0;
 	if (sdl_init_good)
 		sdl_user_func_ret(SDL_USEREVENT_QUIT);
+	else {
+		if (ciolib_reaper)
+			exit(0);
+	}
 }
 
 void sdl_copytext(const char *text, size_t buflen)