diff --git a/lib/ssluse.c b/lib/ssluse.c
index 674477ba1..fdc540e90 100644
--- a/lib/ssluse.c
+++ b/lib/ssluse.c
@@ -802,13 +802,13 @@ static int hostmatch(const char *hostname, const char *pattern)
         if (hostmatch(hostname++,pattern) == HOST_MATCH)
           return HOST_MATCH;
       }
-      return HOST_NOMATCH;
+      break;
     }
 
     if (toupper(c) != toupper(*hostname++))
-      return HOST_NOMATCH;
+      break;
   }
-  /* we never reach this point */
+  return HOST_NOMATCH;
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/tests/server/tftpd.c b/tests/server/tftpd.c
index da8d5713b..9562f5a84 100644
--- a/tests/server/tftpd.c
+++ b/tests/server/tftpd.c
@@ -366,9 +366,9 @@ static int synchnet(curl_socket_t f /* socket to flush */)
                       (struct sockaddr *)&from, &fromlen);
     }
     else
-      return j;
+      break;
   }
-  /* we never reach this point */
+  return j;
 }
 
 /*