diff --git a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
index e39bfaefe8c50..d81163bc910a3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
+++ b/drivers/net/plip/plip.c
@@ -815,7 +815,7 @@ plip_send_packet(struct net_device *dev, struct net_local *nl,
 				return HS_TIMEOUT;
 			}
 		}
-		break;
+		fallthrough;
 
 	case PLIP_PK_LENGTH_LSB:
 		if (plip_send(nibble_timeout, dev,