diff --git a/include/linux/kdb.h b/include/linux/kdb.h
index 32d2f407981d..90aed7c31f0d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kdb.h
+++ b/include/linux/kdb.h
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 
 typedef enum {
 	KDB_REPEAT_NONE = 0,	/* Do not repeat this command */
-	KDB_REPEAT_NO_ARGS,	/* Repeat the command without arguments */
-	KDB_REPEAT_WITH_ARGS,	/* Repeat the command including its arguments */
+	KDB_REPEAT_NO_ARGS	= 0x1, /* Repeat the command w/o arguments */
+	KDB_REPEAT_WITH_ARGS	= 0x2, /* Repeat the command w/ its arguments */
 } kdb_cmdflags_t;
 
 typedef int (*kdb_func_t)(int, const char **);
diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index 070f1ff358d2..cbacae24a55a 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -1008,20 +1008,13 @@ int kdb_parse(const char *cmdstr)
 		if (result && ignore_errors && result > KDB_CMD_GO)
 			result = 0;
 		KDB_STATE_CLEAR(CMD);
-		switch (tp->cmd_flags) {
-		case KDB_REPEAT_NONE:
-			argc = 0;
-			if (argv[0])
-				*(argv[0]) = '\0';
-			break;
-		case KDB_REPEAT_NO_ARGS:
-			argc = 1;
-			if (argv[1])
-				*(argv[1]) = '\0';
-			break;
-		case KDB_REPEAT_WITH_ARGS:
-			break;
-		}
+
+		if (tp->cmd_flags & KDB_REPEAT_WITH_ARGS)
+			return result;
+
+		argc = tp->cmd_flags & KDB_REPEAT_NO_ARGS ? 1 : 0;
+		if (argv[argc])
+			*(argv[argc]) = '\0';
 		return result;
 	}