diff --git a/scripts/coccicheck b/scripts/coccicheck
index dd85a455b2ba..f6627863fdc3 100755
--- a/scripts/coccicheck
+++ b/scripts/coccicheck
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ else
 	NPROC="$J"
 fi
 
-FLAGS="$SPFLAGS --very-quiet"
+FLAGS="--very-quiet $SPFLAGS"
 
 # spatch only allows include directories with the syntax "-I include"
 # while gcc also allows "-Iinclude" and "-include include"
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ if [ "$MODE" = "chain" ] ; then
 	echo 'All available modes will be tried (in that order): patch, report, context, org'
     fi
 elif [ "$MODE" = "report" -o "$MODE" = "org" ] ; then
-    FLAGS="$FLAGS --no-show-diff"
+    FLAGS="--no-show-diff $FLAGS"
 fi
 
 if [ "$ONLINE" = "0" ] ; then