--- a/js/src/jscompartment.cpp
+++ b/js/src/jscompartment.cpp
@@ -163,29 +163,22 @@ JSRuntime::createJitRuntime(JSContext* c
         return nullptr;
 
     // Protect jitRuntime_ from being observed (by InterruptRunningJitCode)
     // while it is being initialized. Unfortunately, initialization depends on
     // jitRuntime_ being non-null, so we can't just wait to assign jitRuntime_.
     JitRuntime::AutoPreventBackedgePatching apbp(cx->runtime(), jrt);
     jitRuntime_ = jrt;
 
+    AutoEnterOOMUnsafeRegion noOOM;
     if (!jitRuntime_->initialize(cx)) {
-        ReportOutOfMemory(cx);
-
-        js_delete(jitRuntime_);
-        jitRuntime_ = nullptr;
-
-        JSCompartment* comp = cx->runtime()->atomsCompartment();
-        if (comp->jitCompartment_) {
-            js_delete(comp->jitCompartment_);
-            comp->jitCompartment_ = nullptr;
-        }
-
-        return nullptr;
+        // Handling OOM here is complicated: if we delete jitRuntime_ now, we
+        // will destroy the ExecutableAllocator, even though there may still be
+        // JitCode instances holding references to ExecutablePools.
+        noOOM.crash("OOM in createJitRuntime");
     }
 
     return jitRuntime_;
 }
 
 bool
 JSCompartment::ensureJitCompartmentExists(JSContext* cx)
 {