diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
index c8146d53ca67..07aefa8dbee8 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_main.c
@@ -1566,6 +1566,7 @@ static int kdb_md(int argc, const char **argv)
 	int symbolic = 0;
 	int valid = 0;
 	int phys = 0;
+	int raw = 0;
 
 	kdbgetintenv("MDCOUNT", &mdcount);
 	kdbgetintenv("RADIX", &radix);
@@ -1575,9 +1576,10 @@ static int kdb_md(int argc, const char **argv)
 	repeat = mdcount * 16 / bytesperword;
 
 	if (strcmp(argv[0], "mdr") == 0) {
-		if (argc != 2)
+		if (argc == 2 || (argc == 0 && last_addr != 0))
+			valid = raw = 1;
+		else
 			return KDB_ARGCOUNT;
-		valid = 1;
 	} else if (isdigit(argv[0][2])) {
 		bytesperword = (int)(argv[0][2] - '0');
 		if (bytesperword == 0) {
@@ -1613,7 +1615,10 @@ static int kdb_md(int argc, const char **argv)
 		radix = last_radix;
 		bytesperword = last_bytesperword;
 		repeat = last_repeat;
-		mdcount = ((repeat * bytesperword) + 15) / 16;
+		if (raw)
+			mdcount = repeat;
+		else
+			mdcount = ((repeat * bytesperword) + 15) / 16;
 	}
 
 	if (argc) {
@@ -1630,7 +1635,10 @@ static int kdb_md(int argc, const char **argv)
 			diag = kdbgetularg(argv[nextarg], &val);
 			if (!diag) {
 				mdcount = (int) val;
-				repeat = mdcount * 16 / bytesperword;
+				if (raw)
+					repeat = mdcount;
+				else
+					repeat = mdcount * 16 / bytesperword;
 			}
 		}
 		if (argc >= nextarg+1) {
@@ -1640,8 +1648,15 @@ static int kdb_md(int argc, const char **argv)
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (strcmp(argv[0], "mdr") == 0)
-		return kdb_mdr(addr, mdcount);
+	if (strcmp(argv[0], "mdr") == 0) {
+		int ret;
+		last_addr = addr;
+		ret = kdb_mdr(addr, mdcount);
+		last_addr += mdcount;
+		last_repeat = mdcount;
+		last_bytesperword = bytesperword; // to make REPEAT happy
+		return ret;
+	}
 
 	switch (radix) {
 	case 10: