diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 75ffab57f8a..49d490dcc4c 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2016-11-01  Maciej W. Rozycki  <macro@imgtec.com>
+
+	* reloc.c (bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup) <BFD_RELOC_CTOR>: Do
+	not fall through to the default case.
+
 2016-11-01  Palmer Dabbelt  <palmer@dabbelt.com>
 	    Andrew Waterman <andrew@sifive.com>
 
diff --git a/bfd/reloc.c b/bfd/reloc.c
index 7c67eebacb0..56cd79b6254 100644
--- a/bfd/reloc.c
+++ b/bfd/reloc.c
@@ -7859,6 +7859,7 @@ bfd_default_reloc_type_lookup (bfd *abfd, bfd_reloc_code_real_type code)
 	default:
 	  BFD_FAIL ();
 	}
+      break;
     default:
       BFD_FAIL ();
     }