diff --git a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
index 3fd0c48d77..4b7229a868 100644
--- a/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
+++ b/target/mips/tcg/translate.c
@@ -12151,8 +12151,8 @@ static void gen_branch(DisasContext *ctx, int insn_bytes)
             tcg_gen_lookup_and_goto_ptr();
             break;
         default:
-            fprintf(stderr, "unknown branch 0x%x\n", proc_hflags);
-            abort();
+            LOG_DISAS("unknown branch 0x%x\n", proc_hflags);
+            gen_reserved_instruction(ctx);
         }
     }
 }