diff --git a/cpp/src/metrics/SystemInfo.cpp b/cpp/src/metrics/SystemInfo.cpp
index a49c3070a6..bf2b0407a9 100644
--- a/cpp/src/metrics/SystemInfo.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/metrics/SystemInfo.cpp
@@ -263,8 +263,8 @@ SystemInfo::CPUTemperature() {
                 object += "/temp1_input";
                 FILE *file = fopen(object.c_str(), "r");
                 if (file == nullptr) {
-                    SERVER_LOG_ERROR << "Could not open temperature file"
-                    exit(1);
+                    SERVER_LOG_ERROR << "Could not open temperature file";
+                    return result;
                 }
                 float temp;
                 fscanf(file, "%f", &temp);