diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index e91c661bff8d840d0d9087eda30865ae165d35ab..9ecdd0fece2b055cd675c42f166a8bbca87487e7 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -3143,7 +3143,8 @@ void GdbEngine::handleQueryDebuggingHelper(const GdbResultRecord &record, const
     m_dumperHelper.parseQueryTypes(availableSimpleDebuggingHelpers, QtDumperHelper::GdbDebugger);
 
     if (availableSimpleDebuggingHelpers.isEmpty()) {
-        m_debuggingHelperState = DebuggingHelperUnavailable;
+        if (!m_dumperInjectionLoad) // Retry if thread has not terminated yet.
+            m_debuggingHelperState = DebuggingHelperUnavailable;
         q->showStatusMessage(tr("Debugging helpers not found."));
         //QMessageBox::warning(q->mainWindow(),
         //    tr("Cannot find special data dumpers"),