diff --git a/humility-core/src/core.rs b/humility-core/src/core.rs
index 9a1f8f77e..48bb6c6d0 100644
--- a/humility-core/src/core.rs
+++ b/humility-core/src/core.rs
@@ -851,7 +851,9 @@ impl GDBCore {
             // We are done when we have our closing delimter followed by
             // the two byte checksum.
             //
-            if result.find(GDB_PACKET_END) == Some(result.len() - 3) {
+            if result.len() >= 3
+                && result.find(GDB_PACKET_END) == Some(result.len() - 3)
+            {
                 break;
             }
         }