diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
index 567005d7598e..5c52c73e1839 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/wdt977.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static long wdt977_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		wdt977_keepalive();
-		/* Fall */
+		/* Fall through */
 
 	case WDIOC_GETTIMEOUT:
 		return put_user(timeout, uarg.i);