diff --git a/lib/kokkos/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_Cuda_View.hpp b/lib/kokkos/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_Cuda_View.hpp
index 49b11f3ae0a4a0fcc9b462412ad2b0fa9baf16cf..11aa695f087255e7cfbc4bd166acab40ce2f73d7 100644
--- a/lib/kokkos/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_Cuda_View.hpp
+++ b/lib/kokkos/core/src/Cuda/Kokkos_Cuda_View.hpp
@@ -292,7 +292,8 @@ public:
 
 #if ! defined( KOKKOS_ENABLE_CUDA_LDG_INTRINSIC )
       if ( 0 == r ) {
-        Kokkos::abort("Cuda const random access View using Cuda texture memory requires Kokkos to allocate the View's memory");
+        //Kokkos::abort("Cuda const random access View using Cuda texture memory requires Kokkos to allocate the View's memory");
+        return handle_type();
       }
 #endif