diff --git a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunication.cpp b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunication.cpp
--- a/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunication.cpp
+++ b/lldb/source/Plugins/Process/gdb-remote/GDBRemoteCommunication.cpp
@@ -647,6 +647,34 @@
       }
     }
 
+    // Check if we have an unexpected byte and we need to flush all bad data
+    // that is in m_bytes, so we need to find the first byte that is a '+'
+    // (ACK), '-' (NACK), \x03 (CTRL+C interrupt), or '$' character (start of
+    // packet header) or of course, the end of the data in m_bytes...
+    const size_t bytes_len = m_bytes.size();
+    bool done = false;
+    uint32_t idx;
+    for (idx = 0; !done && idx < bytes_len;) {
+      switch (m_bytes[idx]) {
+      case '+':
+      case '-':
+      case '\x03':
+      case '%':
+      case '$':
+        done = true;
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        ++idx;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if (idx) {
+      LLDB_LOGF(log, "GDBRemoteCommunication::%s tossing %u junk bytes: '%.*s'",
+                __FUNCTION__, idx, idx, m_bytes.c_str());
+      m_bytes.erase(0, idx);
+    }
+
     switch (m_bytes[0]) {
     case '+':                            // Look for ack
     case '-':                            // Look for cancel
@@ -681,32 +709,9 @@
       }
       break;
 
-    default: {
-      // We have an unexpected byte and we need to flush all bad data that is
-      // in m_bytes, so we need to find the first byte that is a '+' (ACK), '-'
-      // (NACK), \x03 (CTRL+C interrupt), or '$' character (start of packet
-      // header) or of course, the end of the data in m_bytes...
-      const size_t bytes_len = m_bytes.size();
-      bool done = false;
-      uint32_t idx;
-      for (idx = 1; !done && idx < bytes_len; ++idx) {
-        switch (m_bytes[idx]) {
-        case '+':
-        case '-':
-        case '\x03':
-        case '%':
-        case '$':
-          done = true;
-          break;
-
-        default:
-          break;
-        }
-      }
-      LLDB_LOGF(log, "GDBRemoteCommunication::%s tossing %u junk bytes: '%.*s'",
-                __FUNCTION__, idx - 1, idx - 1, m_bytes.c_str());
-      m_bytes.erase(0, idx - 1);
-    } break;
+    default:
+      // no more bytes after junk
+      break;
     }
 
     if (content_length == std::string::npos) {