diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/debug.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/debug.S
index 5392ee63338f..8f6e37177de1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/debug.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/debug.S
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ ENTRY(putc)
 	strb	r0, [r1]
 	mov	r0, #0x03		@ SYS_WRITEC
    ARM(	svc	#0x123456	)
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7M
+ THUMB(	bkpt	#0xab		)
+#else
  THUMB(	svc	#0xab		)
+#endif
 	mov	pc, lr
 	.align	2
 1:	.word	_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ - .
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/debug.S b/arch/arm/kernel/debug.S
index ea9646cc2a0e..0a498cb3fad8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/debug.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/debug.S
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ ENTRY(printascii)
 		mov	r1, r0
 		mov	r0, #0x04		@ SYS_WRITE0
 	ARM(	svc	#0x123456	)
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7M
+	THUMB(	bkpt	#0xab		)
+#else
 	THUMB(	svc	#0xab		)
+#endif
 		ret	lr
 ENDPROC(printascii)
 
@@ -124,7 +128,11 @@ ENTRY(printch)
 		strb	r0, [r1]
 		mov	r0, #0x03		@ SYS_WRITEC
 	ARM(	svc	#0x123456	)
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V7M
+	THUMB(	bkpt	#0xab		)
+#else
 	THUMB(	svc	#0xab		)
+#endif
 		ret	lr
 ENDPROC(printch)