diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
index dcc7e13e9..0f4b28818 100755
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_io.c
@@ -172,6 +172,33 @@ char kdb_getchar(void)
 	unreachable();
 }
 
+/**
+ * kdb_position_cursor() - Place cursor in the correct horizontal position
+ * @prompt: Nil-terminated string containing the prompt string
+ * @buffer: Nil-terminated string containing the entire command line
+ * @cp: Cursor position, pointer the character in buffer where the cursor
+ *      should be positioned.
+ *
+ * The cursor is positioned by sending a carriage-return and then printing
+ * the content of the line until we reach the correct cursor position.
+ *
+ * There is some additional fine detail here.
+ *
+ * Firstly, even though kdb_printf() will correctly format zero-width fields
+ * we want the second call to kdb_printf() to be conditional. That keeps things
+ * a little cleaner when LOGGING=1.
+ *
+ * Secondly, we can't combine everything into one call to kdb_printf() since
+ * that renders into a fixed length buffer and the combined print could result
+ * in unwanted truncation.
+ */
+static void kdb_position_cursor(char *prompt, char *buffer, char *cp)
+{
+	kdb_printf("\r%s", kdb_prompt_str);
+	if (cp > buffer)
+		kdb_printf("%.*s", (int)(cp - buffer), buffer);
+}
+
 /*
  * kdb_read
  *
@@ -200,7 +227,6 @@ static char *kdb_read(char *buffer, size_t bufsize)
 						 * and null byte */
 	char *lastchar;
 	char *p_tmp;
-	char tmp;
 	static char tmpbuffer[CMD_BUFLEN];
 	int len = strlen(buffer);
 	int len_tmp;
@@ -237,12 +263,8 @@ poll_again:
 			}
 			*(--lastchar) = '\0';
 			--cp;
-			kdb_printf("\b%s \r", cp);
-			tmp = *cp;
-			*cp = '\0';
-			kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
-			kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
-			*cp = tmp;
+			kdb_printf("\b%s ", cp);
+			kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
 		}
 		break;
 	case 13: /* enter */
@@ -259,19 +281,14 @@ poll_again:
 			memcpy(tmpbuffer, cp+1, lastchar - cp - 1);
 			memcpy(cp, tmpbuffer, lastchar - cp - 1);
 			*(--lastchar) = '\0';
-			kdb_printf("%s \r", cp);
-			tmp = *cp;
-			*cp = '\0';
-			kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
-			kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
-			*cp = tmp;
+			kdb_printf("%s ", cp);
+			kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
 		}
 		break;
 	case 1: /* Home */
 		if (cp > buffer) {
-			kdb_printf("\r");
-			kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
 			cp = buffer;
+			kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
 		}
 		break;
 	case 5: /* End */
@@ -377,13 +394,9 @@ poll_again:
 				memcpy(cp+1, tmpbuffer, lastchar - cp);
 				*++lastchar = '\0';
 				*cp = key;
-				kdb_printf("%s\r", cp);
+				kdb_printf("%s", cp);
 				++cp;
-				tmp = *cp;
-				*cp = '\0';
-				kdb_printf(kdb_prompt_str);
-				kdb_printf("%s", buffer);
-				*cp = tmp;
+				kdb_position_cursor(kdb_prompt_str, buffer, cp);
 			} else {
 				*++lastchar = '\0';
 				*cp++ = key;