diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index fb397cdfc5..7b6b22c431 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ struct SysemuCPUOps;
  * @get_pc: Callback for getting the Program Counter register.
  *       As above, with the semantics of the target architecture.
  * @gdb_read_register: Callback for letting GDB read a register.
+ *                     No more than @gdb_num_core_regs registers can be read.
  * @gdb_write_register: Callback for letting GDB write a register.
+ *                     No more than @gdb_num_core_regs registers can be written.
  * @gdb_adjust_breakpoint: Callback for adjusting the address of a
  *       breakpoint.  Used by AVR to handle a gdb mis-feature with
  *       its Harvard architecture split code and data.
diff --git a/target/microblaze/gdbstub.c b/target/microblaze/gdbstub.c
index 09d74e164d..d493681d38 100644
--- a/target/microblaze/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/microblaze/gdbstub.c
@@ -110,14 +110,9 @@ int mb_cpu_gdb_read_stack_protect(CPUState *cs, GByteArray *mem_buf, int n)
 
 int mb_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
 {
-    CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
     CPUMBState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     uint32_t tmp;
 
-    if (n > cc->gdb_num_core_regs) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     tmp = ldl_p(mem_buf);
 
     switch (n) {
diff --git a/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c b/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
index c2a77d5d4d..45bba80d87 100644
--- a/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
+++ b/target/openrisc/gdbstub.c
@@ -47,14 +47,9 @@ int openrisc_cpu_gdb_read_register(CPUState *cs, GByteArray *mem_buf, int n)
 
 int openrisc_cpu_gdb_write_register(CPUState *cs, uint8_t *mem_buf, int n)
 {
-    CPUClass *cc = CPU_GET_CLASS(cs);
     CPUOpenRISCState *env = cpu_env(cs);
     uint32_t tmp;
 
-    if (n > cc->gdb_num_core_regs) {
-        return 0;
-    }
-
     tmp = ldl_p(mem_buf);
 
     if (n < 32) {