1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
index d0b6257afc2c..0e799073498d 100644
--- a/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ getpacket (char *buffer)
                 xmitcsum = -1;
                 count = 0;
                 /* Read until a # or the end of the buffer is reached */
-                while (count < BUFMAX) {
+                while (count < BUFMAX - 1) {
                         ch = getDebugChar ();
                         if (ch == '#')
                                 break;