diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c
index f23c851765df..05140d8baa36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/pcu.c
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ ath5k_hw_init_beacon_timers(struct ath5k_hw *ah, u32 next_beacon, u32 interval)
 		break;
 	case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		AR5K_REG_ENABLE_BITS(ah, AR5K_TXCFG, AR5K_TXCFG_ADHOC_BCN_ATIM);
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		/* On non-STA modes timer1 is used as next DMA
 		 * beacon alert (DBA) timer and timer2 as next