diff --git a/src/detect-flowbits.c b/src/detect-flowbits.c
index b6bbe4e6bc..23cd2036d3 100644
--- a/src/detect-flowbits.c
+++ b/src/detect-flowbits.c
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ int DetectFlowbitSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *rawst
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_POSTMATCH);
             break;
 
+        // suppress coverity warning as scan-build-7 warns w/o this.
+        // coverity[deadcode : FALSE]
         default:
             goto error;
     }
diff --git a/src/detect-hostbits.c b/src/detect-hostbits.c
index ae9396053d..f1978588b0 100644
--- a/src/detect-hostbits.c
+++ b/src/detect-hostbits.c
@@ -419,6 +419,8 @@ int DetectHostbitSetup (DetectEngineCtx *de_ctx, Signature *s, const char *rawst
             SigMatchAppendSMToList(s, sm, DETECT_SM_LIST_POSTMATCH);
             break;
 
+        // suppress coverity warning as scan-build-7 warns w/o this.
+        // coverity[deadcode : FALSE]
         default:
             goto error;
     }