diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
index 12f7ea62dddd..f5ada07e9202 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/alim7101_wdt.c
@@ -277,8 +277,8 @@ static long fop_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		timeout = new_timeout;
 		wdt_keepalive();
-		/* Fall through */
 	}
+		/* Fall through */
 	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
 		return put_user(timeout, p);
 	default: