diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index d7bda21a106b572ee95c22fd1e59524914944ed4..9755ac05e446ebc816eb8064ef54d161df9d180d 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -2603,20 +2603,17 @@ static int kdb_summary(int argc, const char **argv)
  */
 static int kdb_per_cpu(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	char buf[256], fmtstr[64];
-	kdb_symtab_t symtab;
-	cpumask_t suppress = CPU_MASK_NONE;
-	int cpu, diag;
-	unsigned long addr, val, bytesperword = 0, whichcpu = ~0UL;
+	char fmtstr[64];
+	int cpu, diag, nextarg = 1;
+	unsigned long addr, symaddr, val, bytesperword = 0, whichcpu = ~0UL;
 
 	if (argc < 1 || argc > 3)
 		return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
 
-	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "per_cpu__%s", argv[1]);
-	if (!kdbgetsymval(buf, &symtab)) {
-		kdb_printf("%s is not a per_cpu variable\n", argv[1]);
-		return KDB_BADADDR;
-	}
+	diag = kdbgetaddrarg(argc, argv, &nextarg, &symaddr, NULL, NULL);
+	if (diag)
+		return diag;
+
 	if (argc >= 2) {
 		diag = kdbgetularg(argv[2], &bytesperword);
 		if (diag)
@@ -2649,46 +2646,25 @@ static int kdb_per_cpu(int argc, const char **argv)
 #define KDB_PCU(cpu) 0
 #endif
 #endif
-
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
+		if (KDB_FLAG(CMD_INTERRUPT))
+			return 0;
+
 		if (whichcpu != ~0UL && whichcpu != cpu)
 			continue;
-		addr = symtab.sym_start + KDB_PCU(cpu);
+		addr = symaddr + KDB_PCU(cpu);
 		diag = kdb_getword(&val, addr, bytesperword);
 		if (diag) {
 			kdb_printf("%5d " kdb_bfd_vma_fmt0 " - unable to "
 				   "read, diag=%d\n", cpu, addr, diag);
 			continue;
 		}
-#ifdef	CONFIG_SMP
-		if (!val) {
-			cpu_set(cpu, suppress);
-			continue;
-		}
-#endif	/* CONFIG_SMP */
 		kdb_printf("%5d ", cpu);
 		kdb_md_line(fmtstr, addr,
 			bytesperword == KDB_WORD_SIZE,
 			1, bytesperword, 1, 1, 0);
 	}
-	if (cpus_weight(suppress) == 0)
-		return 0;
-	kdb_printf("Zero suppressed cpu(s):");
-	for (cpu = first_cpu(suppress); cpu < num_possible_cpus();
-	     cpu = next_cpu(cpu, suppress)) {
-		kdb_printf(" %d", cpu);
-		if (cpu == num_possible_cpus() - 1 ||
-		    next_cpu(cpu, suppress) != cpu + 1)
-			continue;
-		while (cpu < num_possible_cpus() &&
-		       next_cpu(cpu, suppress) == cpu + 1)
-			++cpu;
-		kdb_printf("-%d", cpu);
-	}
-	kdb_printf("\n");
-
 #undef KDB_PCU
-
 	return 0;
 }