diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index fc1ef736253c..77777d918676 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static char *kdb_read(char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
 			}
 			kdb_printf("\n");
 			for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-				if (kallsyms_symbol_next(p_tmp, i) < 0)
+				if (WARN_ON(!kallsyms_symbol_next(p_tmp, i)))
 					break;
 				kdb_printf("%s ", p_tmp);
 				*(p_tmp + len) = '\0';