diff --git a/lib/common/bitstream.h b/lib/common/bitstream.h
index ca42850d..74eb4b63 100644
--- a/lib/common/bitstream.h
+++ b/lib/common/bitstream.h
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
 extern "C" {
 #endif
 
-
 /*
 *  This API consists of small unitary functions, which must be inlined for best performance.
 *  Since link-time-optimization is not available for all compilers,
@@ -303,13 +302,25 @@ MEM_STATIC size_t BIT_initDStream(BIT_DStream_t* bitD, const void* srcBuffer, si
         bitD->bitContainer = *(const BYTE*)(bitD->start);
         switch(srcSize)
         {
-            case 7: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[6]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 16);
-            case 6: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[5]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 24);
-            case 5: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[4]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 32);
-            case 4: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[3]) << 24;
-            case 3: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[2]) << 16;
-            case 2: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[1]) <<  8;
-            default:;
+	    case 7: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[6]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 16);
+	            /* fall-through */
+
+	    case 6: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[5]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 24);
+	            /* fall-through */
+	
+	    case 5: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[4]) << (sizeof(bitD->bitContainer)*8 - 32);
+	            /* fall-through */
+	
+	    case 4: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[3]) << 24;
+	            /* fall-through */
+	
+	    case 3: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[2]) << 16;
+	            /* fall-through */
+	
+	    case 2: bitD->bitContainer += (size_t)(((const BYTE*)(srcBuffer))[1]) <<  8;
+	            /* fall-through */
+	
+            default: break;
         }
         { BYTE const lastByte = ((const BYTE*)srcBuffer)[srcSize-1];
           bitD->bitsConsumed = lastByte ? 8 - BIT_highbit32(lastByte) : 0;