diff --git a/Hash_map/test/Hash_map/include/CGAL/test_macros.h b/Hash_map/test/Hash_map/include/CGAL/test_macros.h
index 981dd9e5c1c..7cede2731f8 100644
--- a/Hash_map/test/Hash_map/include/CGAL/test_macros.h
+++ b/Hash_map/test/Hash_map/include/CGAL/test_macros.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 #define CGAL_TEST(b) if (!(b)) { ++cgal_test_res; \
 std::cerr<<"ERROR: ("<<__LINE__ <<") test "<<#b<<" failed."<<std::endl; } \
-else
+else {}
 
 #define CGAL_IO_TEST(datao,datai,iomode) {                                \
     std::stringstream S;                                                  \