diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
index 08265993227f..48066ce9ea34 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kgdb.h
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ extern int kgdb_fault_expected;
 #define _GP_REGS		16
 #define _FP_REGS		8
 #define _EXTRA_REGS		2
-#define DBG_MAX_REG_NUM		(_GP_REGS + (_FP_REGS * 3) + _EXTRA_REGS)
+#define GDB_MAX_REGS		(_GP_REGS + (_FP_REGS * 3) + _EXTRA_REGS)
+#define DBG_MAX_REG_NUM		(_GP_REGS + _FP_REGS + _EXTRA_REGS)
 
 #define KGDB_MAX_NO_CPUS	1
 #define BUFMAX			400
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ extern int kgdb_fault_expected;
 #define _SPT			13
 #define _LR			14
 #define _PC			15
-#define _CPSR			(DBG_MAX_REG_NUM - 1)
+#define _CPSR			(GDB_MAX_REGS - 1)
 
 /*
  * So that we can denote the end of a frame for tracing,
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
index d6e8b4d2e60d..778c2f7024ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kgdb.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ sleeping_thread_to_gdb_regs(unsigned long *gdb_regs, struct task_struct *task)
 		return;
 
 	/* Initialize to zero */
-	for (regno = 0; regno < DBG_MAX_REG_NUM; regno++)
+	for (regno = 0; regno < GDB_MAX_REGS; regno++)
 		gdb_regs[regno] = 0;
 
 	/* Otherwise, we have only some registers from switch_to() */