diff --git a/test/codegen.jl b/test/codegen.jl
index d3be8d7486480c..ba7c55b5417438 100644
--- a/test/codegen.jl
+++ b/test/codegen.jl
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # tests for codegen and optimizations
 
 const opt_level = Base.JLOptions().opt_level
-const coverage = Base.JLOptions().code_coverage || Base.JLOptions().malloc_log
+const coverage = (Base.JLOptions().code_coverage > 0) || (Base.JLOptions().malloc_log > 0)
 const Iptr = sizeof(Int) == 8 ? "i64" : "i32"
 
 # `_dump_function` might be more efficient but it doesn't really matter here...