diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
index d35cc2d3a4cc..990b3cc526c8 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_support.c
@@ -129,13 +129,13 @@ int kdbnearsym(unsigned long addr, kdb_symtab_t *symtab)
 		}
 		if (i >= ARRAY_SIZE(kdb_name_table)) {
 			debug_kfree(kdb_name_table[0]);
-			memcpy(kdb_name_table, kdb_name_table+1,
+			memmove(kdb_name_table, kdb_name_table+1,
 			       sizeof(kdb_name_table[0]) *
 			       (ARRAY_SIZE(kdb_name_table)-1));
 		} else {
 			debug_kfree(knt1);
 			knt1 = kdb_name_table[i];
-			memcpy(kdb_name_table+i, kdb_name_table+i+1,
+			memmove(kdb_name_table+i, kdb_name_table+i+1,
 			       sizeof(kdb_name_table[0]) *
 			       (ARRAY_SIZE(kdb_name_table)-i-1));
 		}