diff --git a/include/onnxruntime/core/platform/EigenNonBlockingThreadPool.h b/include/onnxruntime/core/platform/EigenNonBlockingThreadPool.h
index a45ceebba171b..c7aa8d94873dd 100644
--- a/include/onnxruntime/core/platform/EigenNonBlockingThreadPool.h
+++ b/include/onnxruntime/core/platform/EigenNonBlockingThreadPool.h
@@ -1470,10 +1470,7 @@ class ThreadPoolTempl : public onnxruntime::concurrency::ExtendedThreadPoolInter
     void SetBlocked(std::function<bool()> should_block,
                     std::function<void()> post_block) {
       std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lk(mutex);
-      auto old_status = status.exchange(ThreadStatus::Blocking, std::memory_order_seq_cst);
-      if(old_status != ThreadStatus::Spinning){
-         abort();
-      }
+      ORT_ENFORCE(status.exchange(ThreadStatus::Blocking, std::memory_order_seq_cst) == ThreadStatus::Spinning);
       if (should_block()) {
         status.store(ThreadStatus::Blocked, std::memory_order_relaxed);
         do {