diff --git a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
index 2410afdcbcfe..2b9048f90bae 100644
--- a/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
+++ b/tools/lib/traceevent/parse-filter.c
@@ -1631,6 +1631,7 @@ int pevent_filter_clear_trivial(struct event_filter *filter,
 		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_FALSE:
 			if (filter_type->filter->boolean.value)
 				continue;
+			break;
 		case FILTER_TRIVIAL_TRUE:
 			if (!filter_type->filter->boolean.value)
 				continue;