diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c b/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
index b7c62f957a6a8fe6cc2c8b0fa4195826b4965b3e..69d340be9c93f7ffbaf04b7315512520099ca852 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ static int counter_get_data(struct counter_device *const counter,
 		case COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT:
 			ret = comp->count_u8_read(counter, parent, &value_u8);
 			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		*value = value_u8;
 		return ret;
@@ -496,6 +498,8 @@ static int counter_get_data(struct counter_device *const counter,
 		case COUNTER_SCOPE_COUNT:
 			ret = comp->count_u32_read(counter, parent, &value_u32);
 			break;
+		default:
+			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		*value = value_u32;
 		return ret;