diff --git a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 9c4cfd19b739..2e8e36f9da61 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -588,6 +588,7 @@ static ssize_t __iio_format_value(char *buf, size_t len, unsigned int type,
 		return snprintf(buf, len, "%d", vals[0]);
 	case IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO_DB:
 		scale_db = true;
+		/* fall through */
 	case IIO_VAL_INT_PLUS_MICRO:
 		if (vals[1] < 0)
 			return snprintf(buf, len, "-%d.%06u%s", abs(vals[0]),