diff --git a/gdbstub.c b/gdbstub.c
index 759bb00bcf..3ee40479b6 100644
--- a/gdbstub.c
+++ b/gdbstub.c
@@ -3505,7 +3505,7 @@ int gdbserver_start(const char *device)
         if (strstart(device, "tcp:", NULL)) {
             /* enforce required TCP attributes */
             snprintf(gdbstub_device_name, sizeof(gdbstub_device_name),
-                     "%s,nowait,nodelay,server", device);
+                     "%s,wait=off,delay=off,server=on", device);
             device = gdbstub_device_name;
         }
 #ifndef _WIN32