diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 3cece19b7473..343aef6d752f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(REALMODE_CFLAGS) -D_SETUP
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
+KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(CONFIG_CC_IMPLICIT_FALLTHROUGH)
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
 UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/printf.c b/arch/x86/boot/printf.c
index 1237beeb9540..c0ec1dc355ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/printf.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/printf.c
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ int vsprintf(char *buf, const char *fmt, va_list args)
 
 		case 'x':
 			flags |= SMALL;
+			fallthrough;
 		case 'X':
 			base = 16;
 			break;