diff --git a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
index 2ab04923d70f..fcb6ec1af173 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
@@ -891,16 +891,16 @@ static void kgdbts_run_tests(void)
 	int nmi_sleep = 0;
 	int i;
 
-	ptr = strstr(config, "F");
+	ptr = strchr(config, 'F');
 	if (ptr)
 		fork_test = simple_strtol(ptr + 1, NULL, 10);
-	ptr = strstr(config, "S");
+	ptr = strchr(config, 'S');
 	if (ptr)
 		do_sys_open_test = simple_strtol(ptr + 1, NULL, 10);
-	ptr = strstr(config, "N");
+	ptr = strchr(config, 'N');
 	if (ptr)
 		nmi_sleep = simple_strtol(ptr+1, NULL, 10);
-	ptr = strstr(config, "I");
+	ptr = strchr(config, 'I');
 	if (ptr)
 		sstep_test = simple_strtol(ptr+1, NULL, 10);