diff --git a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/tools/ctf/cvt/ctfmerge.c b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/tools/ctf/cvt/ctfmerge.c
index 27aa4d01b03d..c5be22ecfa1b 100644
--- a/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/tools/ctf/cvt/ctfmerge.c
+++ b/cddl/contrib/opensolaris/tools/ctf/cvt/ctfmerge.c
@@ -912,14 +912,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	 */
 	if (read_ctf(ifiles, nifiles, NULL, merge_ctf_cb,
 	    &wq, require_ctf) == 0) {
-		/*
-		 * If we're verifying that C files have CTF, it's safe to
-		 * assume that in this case, we're building only from assembly
-		 * inputs.
-		 */
-		if (require_ctf)
-			exit(0);
-		terminate("No ctf sections found to merge\n");
+		warning("No ctf sections found to merge\n");
+		exit(0);
 	}
 
 	pthread_mutex_lock(&wq.wq_queue_lock);