diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
index f7bcd837c..7a1a57d77 100755
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
@@ -162,13 +162,14 @@
 	#endif
 
     /* GCC 7 has new switch() fall-through detection */
-    #ifndef FALL_THROUGH
-        #if defined(__GNUC__)
-            #define FALL_THROUGH __attribute__ ((fallthrough))
-        #else
-            #define FALL_THROUGH
+    #if defined(__GNUC__)
+        #if ((__GNUC__ > 7) || ((__GNUC__ == 7) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)))
+            #define FALL_THROUGH __attribute__ ((fallthrough));
         #endif
     #endif
+    #ifndef FALL_THROUGH
+        #define FALL_THROUGH
+    #endif
 
 	/* Micrium will use Visual Studio for compilation but not the Win32 API */
 	#if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MICRIUM) && !defined(FREERTOS) && \