diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
index b14b0925c1848e8e4f87cedd0fd6de4f96de8747..50bf9b119bad04952c767451a4e29315b0234ab0 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ int kdb_getphysword(unsigned long *word, unsigned long addr, size_t size)
 				*word = w8;
 			break;
 		}
-		/* drop through */
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		diag = KDB_BADWIDTH;
 		kdb_printf("kdb_getphysword: bad width %ld\n", (long) size);
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ int kdb_getword(unsigned long *word, unsigned long addr, size_t size)
 				*word = w8;
 			break;
 		}
-		/* drop through */
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		diag = KDB_BADWIDTH;
 		kdb_printf("kdb_getword: bad width %ld\n", (long) size);
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ int kdb_putword(unsigned long addr, unsigned long word, size_t size)
 			diag = kdb_putarea(addr, w8);
 			break;
 		}
-		/* drop through */
+		/* fall through */
 	default:
 		diag = KDB_BADWIDTH;
 		kdb_printf("kdb_putword: bad width %ld\n", (long) size);