diff --git a/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c b/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
index 1deca8c5a94f..7f9b3f20e5e4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/isci/phy.c
@@ -778,6 +778,7 @@ enum sci_status sci_phy_event_handler(struct isci_phy *iphy, u32 event_code)
 			break;
 		case SCU_EVENT_LINK_FAILURE:
 			scu_link_layer_set_txcomsas_timeout(iphy, SCU_SAS_LINK_LAYER_TXCOMSAS_NEGTIME_DEFAULT);
+			/* fall through */
 		case SCU_EVENT_HARD_RESET_RECEIVED:
 			/* Start the oob/sn state machine over again */
 			sci_change_state(&iphy->sm, SCI_PHY_STARTING);