diff --git a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
index 6193270e7b3d..de20bdaa148d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/kgdbts.c
@@ -985,6 +985,12 @@ static void kgdbts_run_tests(void)
 	int nmi_sleep = 0;
 	int i;
 
+	verbose = 0;
+	if (strstr(config, "V1"))
+		verbose = 1;
+	if (strstr(config, "V2"))
+		verbose = 2;
+
 	ptr = strchr(config, 'F');
 	if (ptr)
 		fork_test = simple_strtol(ptr + 1, NULL, 10);
@@ -1068,13 +1074,6 @@ static int kgdbts_option_setup(char *opt)
 		return -ENOSPC;
 	}
 	strcpy(config, opt);
-
-	verbose = 0;
-	if (strstr(config, "V1"))
-		verbose = 1;
-	if (strstr(config, "V2"))
-		verbose = 2;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1086,9 +1085,6 @@ static int configure_kgdbts(void)
 
 	if (!strlen(config) || isspace(config[0]))
 		goto noconfig;
-	err = kgdbts_option_setup(config);
-	if (err)
-		goto noconfig;
 
 	final_ack = 0;
 	run_plant_and_detach_test(1);