diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
index 248e40c6966c056566fd470447fadc7f1c8cd1a8..0e9182d3f02c665306508d7b11278fb457292ede 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb3/l2t.c
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ int t3_l2t_send_slow(struct t3cdev *dev, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (e->state == L2T_STATE_STALE)
 			e->state = L2T_STATE_VALID;
 		spin_unlock_bh(&e->lock);
+		/* fall through */
 	case L2T_STATE_VALID:	/* fast-path, send the packet on */
 		return cxgb3_ofld_send(dev, skb);
 	case L2T_STATE_RESOLVING: