diff --git a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
index f764684367153e004ebed4a154dd981c5862353a..954f7230b3886a48d0313cd82a22fcd7075ac825 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
@@ -1061,10 +1061,10 @@ static int kgdbts_option_setup(char *opt)
 {
 	if (strlen(opt) >= MAX_CONFIG_LEN) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "kgdbts: config string too long\n");
-		return -ENOSPC;
+		return 1;
 	}
 	strcpy(config, opt);
-	return 0;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 __setup("kgdbts=", kgdbts_option_setup);