diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
index 8bee56250a96..e8ad648de3da 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/industrialio-core.c
@@ -958,6 +958,7 @@ static int iio_device_add_event_sysfs(struct iio_dev *dev_info,
 			break;
 		default:
 			printk(KERN_INFO "currently unhandled type of event\n");
+			continue;
 		}
 		ret = __iio_add_chan_devattr(postfix,
 					     NULL,