diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
index 00b7a91b18c9..557f80c0bfe5 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl-pcm.c
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ static int skl_pcm_trigger(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream, int cmd,
 							stream->lpib);
 			snd_hdac_ext_stream_set_lpib(stream, stream->lpib);
 		}
+		/* fall through */
 
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_START:
 	case SNDRV_PCM_TRIGGER_PAUSE_RELEASE: