diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index a4718d43734fbd73af3b7d3d287a898e79e5e26f..8fc41ea526c25e107c52992da90ef8af1306ced5 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -3547,13 +3547,6 @@ int gdbserver_start(const char *device)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void gdbserver_cleanup(void)
-{
-    if (gdbserver_state.init) {
-        put_packet("W00");
-    }
-}
-
 static void register_types(void)
 {
     type_register_static(&char_gdb_type_info);
diff --git a/include/exec/gdbstub.h b/include/exec/gdbstub.h
index 492db0f51295f044da6957dd94ab30f118dd571b..ff0b7bc45ec59aff795c4cc290695db784dac20b 100644
--- a/include/exec/gdbstub.h
+++ b/include/exec/gdbstub.h
@@ -46,7 +46,17 @@ void gdb_do_syscall(gdb_syscall_complete_cb cb, const char *fmt, ...);
 void gdb_do_syscallv(gdb_syscall_complete_cb cb, const char *fmt, va_list va);
 int use_gdb_syscalls(void);
 void gdb_set_stop_cpu(CPUState *cpu);
-void gdb_exit(int);
+
+/**
+ * gdb_exit: exit gdb session, reporting inferior status
+ * @code: exit code reported
+ *
+ * This closes the session and sends a final packet to GDB reporting
+ * the exit status of the program. It also cleans up any connections
+ * detritus before returning.
+ */
+void gdb_exit(int code);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
 /**
  * gdb_handlesig: yield control to gdb
@@ -187,8 +197,6 @@ static inline uint8_t * gdb_get_reg_ptr(GByteArray *buf, int len)
  */
 int gdbserver_start(const char *port_or_device);
 
-void gdbserver_cleanup(void);
-
 /**
  * gdb_has_xml:
  * This is an ugly hack to cope with both new and old gdb.
diff --git a/softmmu/runstate.c b/softmmu/runstate.c
index 636aab0addb7a612ecc83eb9a3edb1e2e0c41974..6177693a30e9fd9a7bfaeba35ce7581cc29b4d51 100644
--- a/softmmu/runstate.c
+++ b/softmmu/runstate.c
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ void qemu_init_subsystems(void)
 
 void qemu_cleanup(void)
 {
-    gdbserver_cleanup();
+    gdb_exit(0);
 
     /*
      * cleaning up the migration object cancels any existing migration