diff --git a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/for-of.js b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/for-of.js
index cb7f0ed326..fad3407e03 100644
--- a/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/for-of.js
+++ b/src/babel/transformation/transformers/es6/for-of.js
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ var breakVisitor = {
       if (!node.label && state.ignoreLabeless) return;
       if (node.label && node.label.name !== state.label) return;
 
+      // break statements mean something different in this context
+      if (t.isSwitchCase(parent)) return;
+
       var ret = t.expressionStatement(
         t.callExpression(t.memberExpression(state.iteratorKey, t.identifier("return")), [])
       );
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/actual.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e791410529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+for (var i of foo) {
+  switch (i) {
+    case 1:
+      break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/expected.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7576bf4f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of-loose/ignore-cases/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+"use strict";
+
+for (var _iterator = foo, _isArray = Array.isArray(_iterator), _i = 0, _iterator = _isArray ? _iterator : _iterator[Symbol.iterator]();;) {
+  var _ref;
+
+  if (_isArray) {
+    if (_i >= _iterator.length) break;
+    _ref = _iterator[_i++];
+  } else {
+    _i = _iterator.next();
+    if (_i.done) break;
+    _ref = _i.value;
+  }
+
+  var i = _ref;
+
+  switch (i) {
+    case 1:
+      break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/actual.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/actual.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e791410529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/actual.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+for (var i of foo) {
+  switch (i) {
+    case 1:
+      break;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/expected.js b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/expected.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c6a1ba302a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/transformation/es6-for-of/ignore-cases/expected.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+"use strict";
+
+var _iteratorNormalCompletion = true;
+var _didIteratorError = false;
+var _iteratorError = undefined;
+
+try {
+  for (var _iterator = foo[Symbol.iterator](), _step; !(_iteratorNormalCompletion = (_step = _iterator.next()).done); _iteratorNormalCompletion = true) {
+    var i = _step.value;
+
+    switch (i) {
+      case 1:
+        break;
+    }
+  }
+} catch (err) {
+  _didIteratorError = true;
+  _iteratorError = err;
+} finally {
+  try {
+    if (!_iteratorNormalCompletion && _iterator["return"]) {
+      _iterator["return"]();
+    }
+  } finally {
+    if (_didIteratorError) {
+      throw _iteratorError;
+    }
+  }
+}