diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/bug.h
index 7b85b7c93709f9c584b678ff9d2b3f3cb9fd5b0a..1720c8ad86fec780ca054e42ed8baaa21735e899 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 
 /* ??? Would be nice to use .gprel32 here, but we can't be sure that the
    function loaded the GP, so this could fail in modules.  */
-#define BUG()	{							\
+#define BUG()	do {							\
 	__asm__ __volatile__(						\
 		"call_pal %0  # bugchk\n\t"				\
 		".long %1\n\t.8byte %2"					\
 		: : "i"(PAL_bugchk), "i"(__LINE__), "i"(__FILE__));	\
-	for ( ; ; ); }
+	for ( ; ; ); } while (0)
 
 #define HAVE_ARCH_BUG
 #endif