diff --git a/MagickCore/method-attribute.h b/MagickCore/method-attribute.h
index 0757df8f9e7..66092dc09dd 100644
--- a/MagickCore/method-attribute.h
+++ b/MagickCore/method-attribute.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #else
 #  define magick_alloc_size(x)  /* nothing */
 #  define magick_alloc_sizes(x,y)  /* nothing */
-#  if defined(_MSC_VER)
+#  if defined(_MSC_VER) && (__STDC_VERSION__) >= 202311L
 #    define magick_fallthrough [[fallthrough]]
 #  else
 #    define magick_fallthrough  /* nothing */