diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
index 93d3a0ec5e11..b0aa864f84a9 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/kgdboc.c
@@ -145,8 +145,10 @@ static int configure_kgdboc(void)
 	char *cptr = config;
 	struct console *cons;
 
-	if (!strlen(config) || isspace(config[0]))
+	if (!strlen(config) || isspace(config[0])) {
+		err = 0;
 		goto noconfig;
+	}
 
 	kgdboc_io_ops.is_console = 0;
 	kgdb_tty_driver = NULL;