diff --git a/src/basic/coverage.h b/src/basic/coverage.h
index 3ef02cf70e7..640bddc4851 100644
--- a/src/basic/coverage.h
+++ b/src/basic/coverage.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 extern void _exit(int);
 extern void __gcov_dump(void);
 
-static inline void _coverage__exit(int status) {
+static inline _Noreturn void _coverage__exit(int status) {
         __gcov_dump();
         _exit(status);
 }