diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/JsonNodeDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
index 57d9ff5554..35a76ce626 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/deser/std/JsonNodeDeserializer.java
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ protected final ArrayNode deserializeArray(JsonParser p, DeserializationContext
                 return node;
             case JsonTokenId.ID_EMBEDDED_OBJECT:
                 node.add(_fromEmbedded(p, ctxt, nodeFactory));
+                break;
             case JsonTokenId.ID_STRING:
                 node.add(nodeFactory.textNode(p.getText()));
                 break;