diff --git a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/EvaluateJsonPath.java b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/EvaluateJsonPath.java
index 2634da2913..229b34268d 100644
--- a/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/EvaluateJsonPath.java
+++ b/nifi/nifi-nar-bundles/nifi-standard-bundle/nifi-standard-processors/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/processors/standard/EvaluateJsonPath.java
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ public class EvaluateJsonPath extends AbstractJsonPathProcessor {
             switch (destination) {
                 case DESTINATION_ATTRIBUTE:
                     jsonPathResults.put(jsonPathAttrKey, resultRepresentation);
+                    break;
                 case DESTINATION_CONTENT:
                     flowFile = processSession.write(flowFile, new OutputStreamCallback() {
                         @Override