diff --git a/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c b/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
index 620d8488b83e3..21e76a2ec1820 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/mips_ejtag_fdc.c
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ static struct fdc_word mips_ejtag_fdc_encode(const char **ptrs,
 		/* Fall back to a 3 byte encoding */
 		word.bytes = 3;
 		word.word &= 0x00ffffff;
+		/* Fall through */
 	case 3:
 		/* 3 byte encoding */
 		word.word |= 0x82000000;