diff --git a/usr.bin/apply/apply.c b/usr.bin/apply/apply.c
index 25ba374d97e..e75c2ee05fb 100644
--- a/usr.bin/apply/apply.c
+++ b/usr.bin/apply/apply.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ exec_shell(const char *command, char *use_shell, char *use_name)
 	switch(pid = vfork()) {
 	case -1:			/* error */
 		err(1, "vfork");
+		/* NOTREACHED */
 	case 0:				/* child */
 		(void)sigsetmask(omask);
 		execl(use_shell, use_name, "-c", command, (char *)NULL);