1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
index 57ef5456f1e8..1bf06970ca3e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/saa7164/saa7164-core.c
@@ -1354,9 +1354,11 @@ static int saa7164_initdev(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
                 if (fw_debug) {
                         dev->kthread = kthread_run(saa7164_thread_function, dev,
                                 "saa7164 debug");
-                        if (!dev->kthread)
+                        if (IS_ERR(dev->kthread)) {
+                                dev->kthread = NULL;
                                 printk(KERN_ERR "%s() Failed to create "
                                         "debug kernel thread\n", __func__);
+                        }
                 }
 
         } /* != BOARD_UNKNOWN */