diff --git a/cargo-auditable/src/rustc_wrapper.rs b/cargo-auditable/src/rustc_wrapper.rs
index e1db295..b25605f 100644
--- a/cargo-auditable/src/rustc_wrapper.rs
+++ b/cargo-auditable/src/rustc_wrapper.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,10 @@ pub fn main(rustc_path: &OsStr) {
         );
         std::process::exit(1);
     });
-    std::process::exit(results.code().unwrap());
+    let code = results
+        .code()
+        .expect("rustc was terminated by a deadly signal");
+    std::process::exit(code);
 }
 
 /// Creates a rustc command line and populates arguments from arguments passed to us.