diff --git a/src/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php b/src/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
index cabc807180..a66d00f6de 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/pomo/plural-forms.php
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ class Plural_Forms {
 						$span     = strspn( $str, self::NUM_CHARS, $pos );
 						$output[] = array( 'value', intval( substr( $str, $pos, $span ) ) );
 						$pos     += $span;
-						continue;
+						break;
 					}
 
 					throw new Exception( sprintf( 'Unknown symbol "%s"', $next ) );
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
index 0a9c44ee7a..db1fac7229 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/includes/utils.php
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ function benchmark_pcre_backtracking( $pattern, $subject, $strategy ) {
 			case PREG_NO_ERROR:
 				return $i;
 			case PREG_BACKTRACK_LIMIT_ERROR:
-				continue;
+				break;
 			case PREG_RECURSION_LIMIT_ERROR:
 				trigger_error( 'PCRE recursion limit encountered before backtrack limit.' );
 				return;