diff --git a/libavutil/avsscanf.c b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
index 94f7710043..daa8f4929e 100644
--- a/libavutil/avsscanf.c
+++ b/libavutil/avsscanf.c
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ static int ff_vfscanf(FFFILE *f, const char *fmt, va_list ap)
         switch (t) {
             case 'c':
                 if (width < 1) width = 1;
+                break;
             case '[':
                 break;
             case 'n':