diff --git a/rust-version b/rust-version
index e1047d816e..644ec5ed80 100644
--- a/rust-version
+++ b/rust-version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f577b0ef6e637ab7a6095cdfe0b51fa3faf97050
+7afe6d9d1f48b998cc88fe6f01ba0082788ba4b9
diff --git a/src/shims/foreign_items.rs b/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
index 52e04aea30..316cc686ad 100644
--- a/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
+++ b/src/shims/foreign_items.rs
@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
             "exit" | "ExitProcess" => {
                 // it's really u32 for ExitProcess, but we have to put it into the `Exit` variant anyway
                 let code = this.read_scalar(args[0])?.to_i32()?;
-                let ti = Box::new(TerminationInfo::Exit(code.into()));
-                return Err(InterpError::MachineStop(ti).into());
+                throw_machine_stop!(TerminationInfo::Exit(code.into()));
             }
             _ => {
                 if let Some(p) = ret {
diff --git a/src/shims/intrinsics.rs b/src/shims/intrinsics.rs
index 0cb51d5931..57b77a8b74 100644
--- a/src/shims/intrinsics.rs
+++ b/src/shims/intrinsics.rs
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: crate::MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx
         // Handle diverging intrinsics.
         let (dest, ret) = match intrinsic_name {
             "abort" => {
-                let ti = Box::new(TerminationInfo::Abort);
-                return Err(InterpError::MachineStop(ti).into());
+                throw_machine_stop!(TerminationInfo::Abort);
             }
             "miri_start_panic" => return this.handle_miri_start_panic(args, unwind),
             _ => {