diff --git a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
index ae482347b67b93feec487792ef54a7368c0ee4e6..fd68eeac574c6bde33b551f6d56c680825599041 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netdevsim/bus.c
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ new_device_store(struct bus_type *bus, const char *buf, size_t count)
 	switch (err) {
 	case 1:
 		port_count = 1;
-		/* pass through */
+		/* fall through */
 	case 2:
 		if (id > INT_MAX) {
 			pr_err("Value of \"id\" is too big.\n");