diff --git a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
index 372025cf1ca3..c0c2072f5452 100644
--- a/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
+++ b/kernel/debug/kdb/kdb_bp.c
@@ -460,13 +460,15 @@ static int kdb_bc(int argc, const char **argv)
 
 			break;
 		case KDBCMD_BE:
+			if (bp->bp_enabled)
+				break;
+
 			bp->bp_enabled = 1;
 
 			kdb_printf("Breakpoint %d at "
-				   kdb_bfd_vma_fmt " enabled",
+				   kdb_bfd_vma_fmt " enabled\n",
 				   i, bp->bp_addr);
 
-			kdb_printf("\n");
 			break;
 		case KDBCMD_BD:
 			if (!bp->bp_enabled)