diff --git a/PHP/CodeCoverage.php b/PHP/CodeCoverage.php
index fb4980755..c81ba137f 100644
--- a/PHP/CodeCoverage.php
+++ b/PHP/CodeCoverage.php
@@ -435,7 +435,13 @@ protected function applyCoversAnnotationFilter(&$data, $id)
         }
 
         else if ($this->forceCoversAnnotation) {
-            $data = array();
+            if ($this->processUncoveredFilesFromWhitelist) {
+                foreach (array_keys($data) as $filename) {
+                    $data[$filename] = array();
+                }
+            } else {
+                $data = array();
+            }
         }
     }