diff --git a/include/linux/dmaengine.h b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
index 1bb5477ef7ec12d3fdcc71d547e716c6c171a330..d3672f065a6404b2e3ed82a6271d168afc582acc 100644
--- a/include/linux/dmaengine.h
+++ b/include/linux/dmaengine.h
@@ -1560,9 +1560,7 @@ dmaengine_get_direction_text(enum dma_transfer_direction dir)
 	case DMA_DEV_TO_DEV:
 		return "DEV_TO_DEV";
 	default:
-		break;
+		return "invalid";
 	}
-
-	return "invalid";
 }
 #endif /* DMAENGINE_H */