diff --git a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
index 5354298d1..7d772e4b6 100644
--- a/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/numeric/ublas/exception.hpp
@@ -248,9 +248,9 @@ namespace boost { namespace numeric { namespace ublas {
 //    template<class E>
 //    BOOST_UBLAS_INLINE
 //    void check_ex (bool expression, const char *file, int line, const E &e) {}
-#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_FALSE(e)
-#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK(expression, e)
-#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_EX(expression, file, line, e)
+#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_FALSE(e) (void) (e);
+#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK(expression, e) (void) (expression), (e);
+#define BOOST_UBLAS_CHECK_EX(expression, file, line, e) (void) (expression), (e);
 #endif