diff --git a/src/url/url_canon_icu.cc b/src/url/url_canon_icu.cc
index 95a4172..5181442 100644
--- a/src/url/url_canon_icu.cc
+++ b/src/url/url_canon_icu.cc
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     // registrars, search engines) converge toward a consensus.
     value = uidna_openUTS46(UIDNA_CHECK_BIDI, &err);
     if (U_FAILURE(err)) {
-      CHECK(false) << "failed to open UTS46 data with error: " << err;
+      LOG(FATAL) << "failed to open UTS46 data with error: " << err;
       value = NULL;
     }
   }