1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
index 341830791608..9cf03327386a 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
+++ b/drivers/serial/kgdboc.c
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ static void kgdboc_put_char(u8 chr)
 
 static int param_set_kgdboc_var(const char *kmessage, struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
-        if (strlen(kmessage) >= MAX_CONFIG_LEN) {
+        int len = strlen(kmessage);
+
+        if (len >= MAX_CONFIG_LEN) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "kgdboc: config string too long\n");
                 return -ENOSPC;
         }
@@ -125,6 +127,9 @@ static int param_set_kgdboc_var(const char *kmessage, struct kernel_param *kp)
         }
 
         strcpy(config, kmessage);
+        /* Chop out \n char as a result of echo */
+        if (config[len - 1] == '\n')
+                config[len - 1] = '\0';
 
         if (configured == 1)
                 cleanup_kgdboc();