diff --git a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
index e8ada6dfb15..cf46497205c 100644
--- a/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/lib/forwardanalyzer.cpp
@@ -812,6 +812,7 @@ namespace {
                     if (updateRecursive(tok->next()->astOperand2()) == Progress::Break)
                         return Break();
                     actions |= Analyzer::Action::Write; // bailout for switch scope
+                    return Break();
                 } else if (Token* callTok = callExpr(tok)) {
                     // TODO: Dont traverse tokens a second time
                     if (start != callTok && tok != callTok && updateRecursive(callTok->astOperand1()) == Progress::Break)