diff --git a/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c b/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
index 3f023373a85..7fbb8364413 100644
--- a/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
+++ b/dlls/msxml3/httprequest.c
@@ -699,14 +699,14 @@ static HRESULT BindStatusCallback_create(httprequest* This, BindStatusCallback *
             size++;
             break;
         }
+        default:
+            FIXME("unsupported body data type %d\n", V_VT(body));
+            /* fall through */
         case VT_EMPTY:
         case VT_ERROR:
             ptr = NULL;
             size = 0;
             break;
-        default:
-            FIXME("unsupported body data type %d\n", V_VT(body));
-            break;
         }
 
         bsc->body = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_FIXED, size);