diff --git a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
index 9e26143b69d04766ede7873bbab22abb01dd8671..95339cc9fde793b58aadc30fdee9b5d0cc483db4 100644
--- a/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
+++ b/ets2panda/compiler/core/ETSCompiler.cpp
@@ -1454,7 +1454,7 @@ static void CompileImpl(const ir::SwitchStatement *self, ETSGen *etsg)
     compiler::VReg tag = etsg->AllocReg();
 
     builder.CompileTagOfSwitch(tag);
-    uint32_t defaultIndex = 0;
+    int32_t defaultIndex = -1;
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < self->Cases().size(); i++) {
         const auto *clause = self->Cases()[i];
@@ -1467,7 +1467,7 @@ static void CompileImpl(const ir::SwitchStatement *self, ETSGen *etsg)
         builder.JumpIfCase(tag, i);
     }
 
-    if (defaultIndex > 0) {
+    if (defaultIndex >= 0) {
         builder.JumpToDefault(defaultIndex);
     } else {
         builder.Break();
diff --git a/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/switch_default_case.ets b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/switch_default_case.ets
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ad9df595f38b54c0e55d29aefb7dd4deaf1bac63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ets2panda/test/runtime/ets/switch_default_case.ets
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Huawei Device Co., Ltd.
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+ class A {
+    status: int = 0;
+    first: int = 0;
+    second: int = 0;
+
+    errorAlert(): void {
+        this.status = 2;
+    }
+
+    incFirst(): void {
+        this.first++;
+    }
+
+    incSecond(): void {
+        this.second++;
+    }
+
+    run(): int {
+        switch (5) {
+            default:
+                this.incFirst();
+                this.incSecond();
+                break;
+            case 2:
+                this.errorAlert();
+                break;
+        }
+        if (this.first !== 1) this.errorAlert();
+        if (this.second !== 1) this.errorAlert();
+        return this.status;
+    }
+}
+
+function main() {
+    arktest.assertEQ(new A().run(), 0)
+}
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