diff --git a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
index b4efb127dc8..a9f4d205e14 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/tab-complete.in.c
@@ -2122,7 +2122,9 @@ match_previous_words(int pattern_id,
 
 	/* Dummy statement, allowing all the match rules to look like "else if" */
 	if (0)
-		 /* skip */ ;
+	{
+		/* skip */
+	}
 
 	/* gen_tabcomplete.pl begins special processing here */
 	/* BEGIN GEN_TABCOMPLETE */