diff --git a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
index cd41c57c75..5258233a98 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/dbcmd.go
@@ -631,7 +631,6 @@ func importLDBdata(ctx *cli.Context) error {
 	start := 0
 	switch ctx.NArg() {
 	case 1:
-		break
 	case 2:
 		s, err := strconv.Atoi(ctx.Args().Get(1))
 		if err != nil {