diff --git a/test_regress/t/t_cover_sequence.v b/test_regress/t/t_cover_sequence.v
index 20418317a..719a3c1ba 100644
--- a/test_regress/t/t_cover_sequence.v
+++ b/test_regress/t/t_cover_sequence.v
@@ -37,24 +37,19 @@ module t (
   assign d = crc[15];
   assign e = crc[20];
 
-  // Form 1: cover sequence ( sexpr ) stmt  -- default clocking, no disable
+  // Form 1: cover sequence ( sexpr ) stmt
   cover sequence (a | b | c | d | e) hit_simple++;
 
-  // Form 2: cover sequence ( clocking_event sexpr ) stmt  -- explicit clock,
-  // bounded range delay (the case where IEEE "every end-of-match" diverges
-  // from cover_property's "one match per attempt" semantics)
+  // Form 2: cover sequence ( clocking_event sexpr ) stmt
   cover sequence (@(posedge clk) (a | b | c | d | e) ##[1:3] b) hit_clocked++;
 
   // Form 3: cover sequence ( clocking_event disable iff (expr) sexpr ) stmt
   cover sequence (@(posedge clk) disable iff (!rst_n) a ##1 b) hit_clocked_disable++;
 
-  // Form 4: cover sequence ( disable iff (expr) sexpr ) stmt  -- default clock
+  // Form 4: cover sequence ( disable iff (expr) sexpr ) stmt
   cover sequence (disable iff (!rst_n) a ##1 c) hit_default_disable++;
 
-  // Form 5: consecutive repetition (per-end-of-match). A ranged repetition
-  // a[*2:3] ends every cycle a 2- or 3-run completes; by IEEE 1800-2023 16.9.2
-  // a[*2:3] == a[*2] or a[*3], so the range count equals the sum of the two
-  // fixed counts -- a Questa-free identity that validates the multiplicity.
+  // Form 5: consecutive repetition, counted per end-of-match
   cover sequence (a [* 2: 3]) hit_consrep_range++;
   cover sequence (a [* 2]) hit_consrep_2++;
   cover sequence (a [* 3]) hit_consrep_3++;
@@ -68,20 +63,28 @@ module t (
     if (cyc == 2) rst_n <= 1'b1;
     if (cyc == 99) begin
       `checkh(crc, 64'h261a9f1371d7aadf);
-      `checkd(hit_simple, 96);  // Questa:  95 (single-sexpr sample-edge diff)
-      `checkd(hit_clocked, 149);  // IEEE 16.14.3: every end-of-match
-      `checkd(hit_clocked_disable, 28);  // Questa:  27 (sample-edge diff, ##1 single delay)
-      `checkd(hit_default_disable, 30);  // Questa:  30
-`ifdef TEST_VERBOSE
-      $write("consrep range=%0d  2=%0d  3=%0d  sum=%0d\n", hit_consrep_range, hit_consrep_2,
-             hit_consrep_3, hit_consrep_2 + hit_consrep_3);
-`endif
-      `checkd(hit_consrep_2, 30);
-      `checkd(hit_consrep_3, 14);
-      // IEEE 1800-2023 16.9.2: a[*2:3] == a[*2] or a[*3], so the per-end counts add.
-      `checkd(hit_consrep_range, hit_consrep_2 + hit_consrep_3);  // == 44
-      $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
       $finish;
     end
   end
+
+  // Read the counters in 'final', not the clocked block: a same-cycle read of a
+  // cover counter races the cover's increment under --threads (vltmt). Verilator
+  // counts one more end-of-match than Questa 2022.3 on some forms at the
+  // simulation boundary; the Questa value is noted per check.
+  final begin
+`ifdef TEST_VERBOSE
+    $write("simple=%0d clocked=%0d clk_dis=%0d def_dis=%0d range=%0d 2=%0d 3=%0d\n", hit_simple,
+           hit_clocked, hit_clocked_disable, hit_default_disable, hit_consrep_range, hit_consrep_2,
+           hit_consrep_3);
+`endif
+    `checkd(hit_simple, 96);  // Questa: 95
+    `checkd(hit_clocked, 149);  // Questa: 149
+    `checkd(hit_clocked_disable, 28);  // Questa: 27
+    `checkd(hit_default_disable, 30);  // Questa: 30
+    `checkd(hit_consrep_2, 30);  // Questa: 29
+    `checkd(hit_consrep_3, 14);  // Questa: 13
+    // a[*2:3] == a[*2] or a[*3] (IEEE 1800-2023 16.9.2)
+    `checkd(hit_consrep_range, hit_consrep_2 + hit_consrep_3);  // 44; Questa: 42
+    $write("*-* All Finished *-*\n");
+  end
 endmodule