diff --git a/include/nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp b/include/nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp
index 090f22b1..41f248a2 100644
--- a/include/nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp
+++ b/include/nlohmann/detail/output/serializer.hpp
@@ -460,10 +460,10 @@ class serializer
 
                             // continue processing the string
                             state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
-                            continue;
+                            break;
                         }
                     }
-                    break;  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    break;
                 }
 
                 default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point
diff --git a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
index c2295399..9b2636ad 100644
--- a/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
+++ b/single_include/nlohmann/json.hpp
@@ -11158,10 +11158,10 @@ class serializer
 
                             // continue processing the string
                             state = UTF8_ACCEPT;
-                            continue;
+                            break;
                         }
                     }
-                    break;  // LCOV_EXCL_LINE
+                    break;
                 }
 
                 default:  // decode found yet incomplete multi-byte code point