diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/timerlist.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/timerlist.py
index 071d0dd5a634..51def847f1ef 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/timerlist.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/timerlist.py
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ def print_cpu(hrtimer_bases, cpu, max_clock_bases):
     ts = cpus.per_cpu(tick_sched_ptr, cpu)
 
     text = "cpu: {}\n".format(cpu)
-    for i in xrange(max_clock_bases):
+    for i in range(max_clock_bases):
         text += " clock {}:\n".format(i)
         text += print_base(cpu_base['clock_base'][i])
 
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ def pr_cpumask(mask):
     num_bytes = (nr_cpu_ids + 7) / 8
     buf = utils.read_memoryview(inf, bits, num_bytes).tobytes()
     buf = binascii.b2a_hex(buf)
+    if type(buf) is not str:
+        buf=buf.decode()
 
     chunks = []
     i = num_bytes
diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
index 1553f68716cc..7f36aee32ac6 100644
--- a/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/utils.py
@@ -88,7 +88,10 @@ def get_target_endianness():
 
 
 def read_memoryview(inf, start, length):
-    return memoryview(inf.read_memory(start, length))
+    m = inf.read_memory(start, length)
+    if type(m) is memoryview:
+        return m
+    return memoryview(m)
 
 
 def read_u16(buffer, offset):