diff --git a/src/msw/utils.cpp b/src/msw/utils.cpp
index aff561ff85..fa53d48b90 100644
--- a/src/msw/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/msw/utils.cpp
@@ -1105,12 +1105,11 @@ extern long wxEncodingToCharset(wxFontEncoding encoding)
 
         case wxFONTENCODING_CP437:
             return OEM_CHARSET;
-        default: // fix GCC warning
+
+        default:
+            // no way to translate this encoding into a Windows charset
             return -1;
     }
-
-    // no way to translate this encoding into a Windows charset
-    return -1;
 }
 
 // we have 2 versions of wxCharsetToCodepage(): the old one which directly