diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
index 9ab52ad07..a8fe3b692 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/fhandler.cc
@@ -2155,7 +2155,7 @@ fhandler_base_overlapped::raw_write (const void *ptr, size_t len)
 	    case overlapped_success:
 	      ptr = ((char *) ptr) + chunk;
 	      nbytes += nbytes_now;
-	      /* fall through intentionally */
+	      break;
 	    case overlapped_error:
 	      len = 0;		/* terminate loop */
 	    case overlapped_unknown: