diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/Microbenchmarks/InMemoryTransportBenchmark.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/Microbenchmarks/InMemoryTransportBenchmark.cs
index 4b59772a3668..b2dc5b850461 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/Microbenchmarks/InMemoryTransportBenchmark.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/perf/Microbenchmarks/InMemoryTransportBenchmark.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public void GlobalSetupPlaintext()
 
         ValidateResponseAsync(RequestParsingData.PlaintextTechEmpowerRequest, _plaintextExpectedResponse).Wait();
         ValidateResponseAsync(RequestParsingData.PlaintextTechEmpowerPipelinedRequests, _plaintextPipelinedExpectedResponse).Wait();
+        throw new Exception("This should break validation.");
     }
 
     private async Task ValidateResponseAsync(byte[] request, string expectedResponse)