diff --git a/block/vmdk.c b/block/vmdk.c
index bf9df5ce92..d90855446a 100644
--- a/block/vmdk.c
+++ b/block/vmdk.c
@@ -1053,14 +1053,11 @@ static int vmdk_open_sparse(BlockDriverState *bs, BdrvChild *file, int flags,
     switch (magic) {
         case VMDK3_MAGIC:
             return vmdk_open_vmfs_sparse(bs, file, flags, errp);
-            break;
         case VMDK4_MAGIC:
             return vmdk_open_vmdk4(bs, file, flags, options, errp);
-            break;
         default:
             error_setg(errp, "Image not in VMDK format");
             return -EINVAL;
-            break;
     }
 }