diff --git a/pkg/util/coverage/fake_test_deps.go b/pkg/util/coverage/fake_test_deps.go
index 332bcb60e89..f25412d7174 100644
--- a/pkg/util/coverage/fake_test_deps.go
+++ b/pkg/util/coverage/fake_test_deps.go
@@ -105,3 +105,8 @@ func (fakeTestDeps) ResetCoverage() {}
 
 //nolint:unused // U1000 see comment above, we know it's unused normally.
 func (fakeTestDeps) SnapshotCoverage() {}
+
+//nolint:unused // U1000 see comment above, we know it's unused normally.
+func (fakeTestDeps) InitRuntimeCoverage() (mode string, tearDown func(string, string) (string, error), snapcov func() float64) {
+	return "", nil, nil
+}