diff --git a/src/fuse_create.cpp b/src/fuse_create.cpp
index 81468998..2640326a 100644
--- a/src/fuse_create.cpp
+++ b/src/fuse_create.cpp
@@ -298,12 +298,12 @@ namespace FUSE
     uint64_t x = combine(cfg->passthrough,ffi_->flags);
     switch(x)
       {
-      default:
-        return rv;
       case combine(PassthroughEnum::ro,O_RDONLY):
       case combine(PassthroughEnum::wo,O_WRONLY):
       case combine(PassthroughEnum::rw,O_RDWR):
         return l::passthrough(fc,ffi_);
       }
+
+    return rv;
   }
 }