1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index e2285059161d..a4ced331bc50 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -1073,8 +1073,14 @@ out:
 static ssize_t uevent_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
                             const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-        if (kobject_synth_uevent(&dev->kobj, buf, count))
+        int rc;
+
+        rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&dev->kobj, buf, count);
+
+        if (rc) {
                 dev_err(dev, "uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent\n");
+                return rc;
+        }
 
         return count;
 }