diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index f6a4bd3fb..a7bbdb2fd 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -2325,8 +2325,7 @@ static CURLcode ossl_connect_step1(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex)
   case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1:
     ctx_options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv2;
     ctx_options |= SSL_OP_NO_SSLv3;
-    break;
-
+    /* FALLTHROUGH */
   case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_0:
   case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_1:
   case CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2: