diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index e74be38245ad..ed5d34925ad0 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ poll_again:
 			}
 			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';