diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_cover_property.v b/test_regress/t/t_cover_property.v
index 4ba4fd3bf..40089451c 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_cover_property.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_cover_property.v
@@ -4,13 +4,10 @@
 // SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 PlanV GmbH
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: CC0-1.0
 
-`define checkd(gotv, expv) \
-  do \
-    if ((gotv) !== (expv)) begin \
-      $write("%%Error: %s:%0d:  got=%0d exp=%0d\n", `__FILE__, `__LINE__, (gotv), (expv)); \
-      $stop; \
-    end \
-  while (0);
+// verilog_format: off
+`define stop $stop
+`define checkd(gotv,expv) do if ((gotv) !== (expv)) begin $write("%%Error: %s:%0d:  got=%0d exp=%0d\n", `__FILE__,`__LINE__, (gotv), (expv)); `stop; end while(0);
+// verilog_format: on
 
 module t (
     input clk