diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index e1cdb05dbc..e027201188 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2016-11-14  Nick Clifton  <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+	* lexsup.c (parse_args): Add break at end of default case.
+
 2016-11-10  Jiong Wang  <jiong.wang@arm.com>
 
 	PR target/20737
diff --git a/ld/lexsup.c b/ld/lexsup.c
index d39f8489ae..fb0b47f24e 100644
--- a/ld/lexsup.c
+++ b/ld/lexsup.c
@@ -707,6 +707,7 @@ parse_args (unsigned argc, char **argv)
 
 	default:
 	  einfo (_("%P%F: use the --help option for usage information\n"));
+	  break;
 
 	case 1:			/* File name.  */
 	  lang_add_input_file (optarg, lang_input_file_is_file_enum, NULL);