diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a6732d3afe..2a5c597eb7 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ script:
   - (cd tests && MICROPY_CPYTHON3=python3.4 MICROPY_MICROPYTHON=../unix/micropython_coverage ./run-tests --emit native)
   - (cd tests && MICROPY_CPYTHON3=python3.4 MICROPY_MICROPYTHON=../unix/micropython_coverage ./run-tests --via-mpy -d basics float)
 
-after_success:
+  # run coveralls coverage analysis (try to, even if some builds/tests failed)
   - (cd unix && coveralls --root .. --build-root . --gcov $(which gcov) --gcov-options '\-o build-coverage/' --include py --include extmod)
 
 after_failure: