diff --git a/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c b/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
index 364f53f3a01..5e8ce481b5f 100644
--- a/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
+++ b/runtime/j9vm/j7vmi.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2002, 2018 IBM Corp. and others
+ * Copyright (c) 2002, 2019 IBM Corp. and others
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under
  * the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which accompanies this
@@ -245,8 +245,7 @@ JVM_ArrayCopy(JNIEnv *env, jclass ignored, jobject src, jint src_pos, jobject ds
 			vmFuncs->setCurrentException(currentThread, J9VMCONSTANTPOOL_JAVALANGARRAYSTOREEXCEPTION, NULL);
 		}
 	}
-
-	return;
+	vmFuncs->internalExitVMToJNI(currentThread);
 }