diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e670f194d..2fdb1eb24 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -1562,6 +1562,8 @@ static ParameterError getparameter(char *flag, /* f or -long-flag */
         if(str2num(&config->retry_maxtime, nextarg))
           return PARAM_BAD_NUMERIC;
         break;
+      default:
+        break;
       }
       break;
     case '#': /* added 19990617 larsa */