1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/etc/bench.pl.in b/etc/bench.pl.in
index 7e604309..0bee4df1 100755
--- a/etc/bench.pl.in
+++ b/etc/bench.pl.in
@@ -528,9 +528,8 @@ yylex (void)
 static int
 power (int base, int exponent)
 {
+  assert (0 <= exponent);
   int res = 1;
-  if (exponent < 0)
-    exit (3);
   for (/* Niente */; exponent; --exponent)
     res *= base;
   return res;