diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
index 7e7df50164fb..aa26b2fd2774 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtllib_wx.c
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ int rtllib_wx_set_mlme(struct rtllib_device *ieee,
 	switch (mlme->cmd) {
 	case IW_MLME_DEAUTH:
 		deauth = true;
-		/* fall through */
+		fallthrough;
 	case IW_MLME_DISASSOC:
 		if (deauth)
 			netdev_info(ieee->dev, "disauth packet !\n");