diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index 1f6201ae95b6..0578a2aaaed2 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -369,6 +369,8 @@ poll_again:
 			kdb_printf("\n");
 			kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
 			kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
+			if (cp != lastchar)
+				kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
 		} else if (tab != 2 && count > 0) {
 			/* How many new characters do we want from tmpbuffer? */
 			len_tmp = strlen(p_tmp) - len;
@@ -382,6 +384,9 @@ poll_again:
 				kdb_printf("%s", cp);
 				cp += len_tmp;
 				lastchar += len_tmp;
+				if (cp != lastchar)
+					kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str,
+							    buffer, cp);
 			}
 		}
 		kdb_nextline = 1; /* reset output line number */