diff --git a/queue.c b/queue.c
index a6fe52eac64..6a462607a2e 100644
--- a/queue.c
+++ b/queue.c
@@ -1849,6 +1849,14 @@ BaseType_t xQueueSemaphoreTake( QueueHandle_t xQueue,
                              * again, but only as low as the next highest priority
                              * task that is waiting for the same mutex. */
                             uxHighestWaitingPriority = prvGetDisinheritPriorityAfterTimeout( pxQueue );
+
+                            /* vTaskPriorityDisinheritAfterTimeout uses the uxHighestWaitingPriority
+                             * parameter to index pxReadyTasksLists when adding the task holding
+                             * mutex to the ready list for its new priority. Coverity thinks that
+                             * it can result in out-of-bounds access which is not true because
+                             * uxHighestWaitingPriority, as returned by prvGetDisinheritPriorityAfterTimeout,
+                             * is capped at ( configMAX_PRIORITIES - 1 ). */
+                            /* coverity[overrun] */
                             vTaskPriorityDisinheritAfterTimeout( pxQueue->u.xSemaphore.xMutexHolder, uxHighestWaitingPriority );
                         }
                         taskEXIT_CRITICAL();