diff --git a/src/sock_addr.c b/src/sock_addr.c
index 41fb92a0..f7ecb42d 100644
--- a/src/sock_addr.c
+++ b/src/sock_addr.c
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ int sock_addr_stringify_append_buffer(buffer *b, const sock_addr *saddr)
       case AF_INET6:
         buffer_append_string_len(b, CONST_STR_LEN("["));
         if (0 != sock_addr_inet_ntop_append_buffer(b, saddr)) {
+            /* coverity[overflow_sink : FALSE] */
             buffer_string_set_length(b, buffer_string_length(b)-1);
             return -1;
         }
diff --git a/src/test_configfile.c b/src/test_configfile.c
index 3618be40..251de631 100644
--- a/src/test_configfile.c
+++ b/src/test_configfile.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void test_configfile_addrbuf_eq_remote_ip_mask (void) {
 	sock_addr rmt;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < (int)(sizeof(rmtmask)/sizeof(rmtmask[0])); ++i) {
-		sock_addr_inet_pton(&rmt, rmtmask[i].rmtstr, rmtmask[i].rmtfamily, 0);
+		if (1 != sock_addr_inet_pton(&rmt, rmtmask[i].rmtstr, rmtmask[i].rmtfamily, 0)) exit(-1); /*(bad test)*/
 		buffer_copy_string(s, rmtmask[i].string);
 		slash = strchr(s->ptr,'/'); assert(slash);
 		m = config_addrbuf_eq_remote_ip_mask(NULL, s, slash, &rmt);