diff --git a/src/include/sof/compiler_attributes.h b/src/include/sof/compiler_attributes.h
index 0235cbc9bee1..4c800f3b51e9 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/compiler_attributes.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/compiler_attributes.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 #define __section(x) __attribute__((section(x)))
 
-#ifdef __clang__
+#if defined(__clang__) || !defined(__XCC__)
 
 #define COMPILER_FALLTHROUGH __attribute__((fallthrough))