diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index a60ef5125ebf4cbcce0e1b428885915c47a6cbe3..9ae148cd1ff0e9acf5b8e63eb118677f1737592c 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -3200,28 +3200,11 @@ static void gdb_chr_event(void *opaque, QEMUChrEvent event)
     }
 }
 
-static void gdb_monitor_output(const char *msg, int len)
-{
-    g_autoptr(GString) buf = g_string_new("O");
-    memtohex(buf, (uint8_t *)msg, len);
-    put_packet(buf->str);
-}
-
 static int gdb_monitor_write(Chardev *chr, const uint8_t *buf, int len)
 {
-    const char *p = (const char *)buf;
-    int max_sz;
-
-    max_sz = (MAX_PACKET_LENGTH / 2) + 1;
-    for (;;) {
-        if (len <= max_sz) {
-            gdb_monitor_output(p, len);
-            break;
-        }
-        gdb_monitor_output(p, max_sz);
-        p += max_sz;
-        len -= max_sz;
-    }
+    g_autoptr(GString) hex_buf = g_string_new("O");
+    memtohex(hex_buf, buf, len);
+    put_packet(hex_buf->str);
     return len;
 }