diff --git a/kernel/printk/printk.c b/kernel/printk/printk.c
index 4dae9cbe9259f6a80712589370a39c705132f631..db7a02e05241a1c89a066922cb06b0b2a4bef457 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/printk.c
@@ -1560,8 +1560,6 @@ asmlinkage int vprintk_emit(int facility, int level,
 					level = kern_level - '0';
 			case 'd':	/* KERN_DEFAULT */
 				lflags |= LOG_PREFIX;
-			case 'c':	/* KERN_CONT */
-				break;
 			}
 			text_len -= end_of_header - text;
 			text = (char *)end_of_header;