diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index c6acc0524d..0f86635646 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -1724,7 +1724,6 @@ static LLVMValueRef ir_llvm_value(CodeGen *g, IrInstruction *instruction) {
     return instruction->llvm_value;
 }
 
-ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
 void codegen_report_errors_and_exit(CodeGen *g) {
     assert(g->errors.length != 0);
     for (size_t i = 0; i < g->errors.length; i += 1) {
diff --git a/src/codegen.hpp b/src/codegen.hpp
index 7f46c6bfb5..e290c53d6c 100644
--- a/src/codegen.hpp
+++ b/src/codegen.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ void codegen_release_caches(CodeGen *codegen);
 bool codegen_fn_has_err_ret_tracing_arg(CodeGen *g, ZigType *return_type);
 bool codegen_fn_has_err_ret_tracing_stack(CodeGen *g, ZigFn *fn, bool is_async);
 
+ATTRIBUTE_NORETURN
 void codegen_report_errors_and_exit(CodeGen *g);
 
 #endif