diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
index 6226502ce049..13417f0045f0 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ int kdb_getarea_size(void *res, unsigned long addr, size_t size)
  */
 int kdb_putarea_size(unsigned long addr, void *res, size_t size)
 {
-	int ret = copy_from_kernel_nofault((char *)addr, (char *)res, size);
+	int ret = copy_to_kernel_nofault((char *)addr, (char *)res, size);
 	if (ret) {
 		if (!KDB_STATE(SUPPRESS)) {
 			kdb_printf("kdb_putarea: Bad address 0x%lx\n", addr);