1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
index 40a42655227c..0243d375c6fd 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/sysfs.c
@@ -878,6 +878,9 @@ int __init acpi_sysfs_init(void)
                 return result;
 
         hotplug_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("hotplug", acpi_kobj);
+        if (!hotplug_kobj)
+                return -ENOMEM;
+
         result = sysfs_create_file(hotplug_kobj, &force_remove_attr.attr);
         if (result)
                 return result;