diff --git a/cps/transform.nim b/cps/transform.nim
index 83d665b7..8f300ca9 100644
--- a/cps/transform.nim
+++ b/cps/transform.nim
@@ -1095,8 +1095,12 @@ macro cpsHandleUnhandledException(contType: typed; n: typed): untyped =
           body
         except:
           cont.ex = getCurrentException()
-          return Continuation: unwind(contType(cont), cont.ex)
-
+        # A continuation body created with makeContProc (which is all of
+        # them) will have a terminator in the body, thus this part can
+        # only be reached iff the except branch happened to deter the jump
+        #
+        # Workaround for https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/18411
+        return Continuation: unwind(contType(cont), cont.ex)
       result = fnDef
 
   debugAnnotation cpsHandleUnhandledException, n: