1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
index 5eacce1ef88b..63e43f261cce 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-rq.c
@@ -856,8 +856,11 @@ int dm_old_init_request_queue(struct mapped_device *md)
         init_kthread_worker(&md->kworker);
         md->kworker_task = kthread_run(kthread_worker_fn, &md->kworker,
                                        "kdmwork-%s", dm_device_name(md));
-        if (IS_ERR(md->kworker_task))
-                return PTR_ERR(md->kworker_task);
+        if (IS_ERR(md->kworker_task)) {
+                int error = PTR_ERR(md->kworker_task);
+                md->kworker_task = NULL;
+                return error;
+        }
 
         elv_register_queue(md->queue);