diff --git a/drivers/net/slip/slhc.c b/drivers/net/slip/slhc.c
index 1252d9c726a77c4692e12ca095eff80d2a4097ad..079f7adfcde5ef0fe7bf4637712ef3ac738c2f1e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/slip/slhc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/slip/slhc.c
@@ -396,7 +396,6 @@ slhc_compress(struct slcompress *comp, unsigned char *icp, int isize,
 		   ntohs(cs->cs_ip.tot_len) == hlen)
 			break;
 		goto uncompressed;
-		break;
 	case SPECIAL_I:
 	case SPECIAL_D:
 		/* actual changes match one of our special case encodings --