diff --git a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
index 5f981d9ca625c4540ef6090e68d25d137ec29793..79e7e63ab70985ddea291a2656052dcd6f8a2c5c 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/blackfin/Kconfig.debug
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ config DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 config HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	def_bool y
 
-config KGDB_TESTCASE
-	tristate "KGDB: for test case in expect"
-	default n
-	help
-	  This is a kgdb test case for automated testing.
-
 config DEBUG_VERBOSE
 	bool "Verbose fault messages"
 	default y
diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/Makefile b/arch/blackfin/kernel/Makefile
index 4a92a86824b7bd1d6164eae8d8dcb2ca08bbfd80..fd4d4328a0f2aa94fb5ef97afcc01f0018e89edf 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/Makefile
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ else
     obj-y += time.o
 endif
 
-CFLAGS_kgdb_test.o := -mlong-calls -O0
-
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPIPE)                  += ipipe.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPIPE_TRACE_MCOUNT)     += mcount.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BFIN_GPTIMERS)          += gptimers.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPLB_INFO)              += cplbinfo.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)                += module.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB)                   += kgdb.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB_TESTCASE)          += kgdb_test.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB_TESTS)             += kgdb_test.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)           += early_printk.o
+
+# the kgdb test puts code into L2 and without linker
+# relaxation, we need to force long calls to/from it
+CFLAGS_kgdb_test.o := -mlong-calls -O0