diff --git a/src/basic/log.h b/src/basic/log.h
index b03ca3ef21..7b89c4df63 100644
--- a/src/basic/log.h
+++ b/src/basic/log.h
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ bool log_on_console(void) _pure_;
 
 /* Helper to wrap the main message in structured logging. The macro doesn't do much,
  * except to provide visual grouping of the format string and its arguments. */
-#if LOG_MESSAGE_VERIFICATION
+#if LOG_MESSAGE_VERIFICATION || defined(__COVERITY__)
 /* Do a fake formatting of the message string to let the scanner verify the arguments
  * against the format message. */
 #  define LOG_MESSAGE(fmt, ...) "MESSAGE=%.0d" fmt, printf(fmt, ##__VA_ARGS__), ##__VA_ARGS__