diff --git a/scst/include/scst_debug.h b/scst/include/scst_debug.h
index a21d54355..99740bf46 100644
--- a/scst/include/scst_debug.h
+++ b/scst/include/scst_debug.h
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SCST_EXTRACHECKS
+#if defined(CONFIG_SCST_EXTRACHECKS) || defined(__COVERITY__)
 #define EXTRACHECKS_BUG()		sBUG()
 #define EXTRACHECKS_BUG_ON(a)		sBUG_ON(a)
 #define EXTRACHECKS_WARN_ON(a)		WARN_ON(a)