diff --git a/glib/gvariant-parser.c b/glib/gvariant-parser.c
index 9f4bcc50f..b99ac4f64 100644
--- a/glib/gvariant-parser.c
+++ b/glib/gvariant-parser.c
@@ -209,7 +209,10 @@ token_stream_prepare (TokenStream *stream)
           break;
         }
 
-      else    /* ↓↓↓ */;
+      else
+        {
+          /* ↓↓↓ */
+        }
 
     case 'a': /* 'b' */ case 'c': case 'd': case 'e': case 'f':
     case 'g': case 'h': case 'i': case 'j': case 'k': case 'l':
diff --git a/glib/gvariant.c b/glib/gvariant.c
index 2a5246cdc..5b843fcb4 100644
--- a/glib/gvariant.c
+++ b/glib/gvariant.c
@@ -2278,7 +2278,9 @@ g_variant_print_string (GVariant *value,
             }
 
           else
-            /* fall through and handle normally... */;
+            {
+              /* fall through and handle normally... */
+            }
         }
 
       /*