1 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
index 533f6908e238..7e11926830db 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-init.c
@@ -883,15 +883,19 @@ fail:
 
 static int pblk_writer_init(struct pblk *pblk)
 {
-        timer_setup(&pblk->wtimer, pblk_write_timer_fn, 0);
-        mod_timer(&pblk->wtimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100));
-
         pblk->writer_ts = kthread_create(pblk_write_ts, pblk, "pblk-writer-t");
         if (IS_ERR(pblk->writer_ts)) {
-                pr_err("pblk: could not allocate writer kthread\n");
-                return PTR_ERR(pblk->writer_ts);
+                int err = PTR_ERR(pblk->writer_ts);
+
+                if (err != -EINTR)
+                        pr_err("pblk: could not allocate writer kthread (%d)\n",
+                                        err);
+                return err;
         }
 
+        timer_setup(&pblk->wtimer, pblk_write_timer_fn, 0);
+        mod_timer(&pblk->wtimer, jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(100));
+
         return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1042,7 +1046,8 @@ static void *pblk_init(struct nvm_tgt_dev *dev, struct gendisk *tdisk,
 
         ret = pblk_writer_init(pblk);
         if (ret) {
-                pr_err("pblk: could not initialize write thread\n");
+                if (ret != -EINTR)
+                        pr_err("pblk: could not initialize write thread\n");
                 goto fail_free_lines;
         }