diff --git a/expat/xmltok/xmltok_impl.c b/expat/xmltok/xmltok_impl.c
index 17aec86f..44949238 100755
--- a/expat/xmltok/xmltok_impl.c
+++ b/expat/xmltok/xmltok_impl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ int PREFIX(scanComment)(const ENCODING *enc, const char *ptr, const char *end,
 	  *nextTokPtr = ptr + MINBPC;
 	  return XML_TOK_COMMENT;
 	}
-	/* fall through */
+	break;
       default:
 	ptr += MINBPC;
 	break;