diff --git a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
index 2cf348b887c22df05051f775348ddda92819c265..1731c22d7171018f4d91a6f7642e34297552c293 100644
--- a/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/debugger/gdb/gdbengine.cpp
@@ -3646,6 +3646,8 @@ void GdbEngine::handleRegisterListValues(const DebuggerResponse &response)
         QByteArray data = item["value"].data();
         if (data.startsWith("0x")) {
             reg.value = data;
+        } else if (data == "<error reading variable>") {
+            // Nothing. See QTCREATORBUG-14029.
         } else {
             // This is what GDB considers machine readable output:
             // value="{v4_float = {0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000, 0x00000000},