1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
index f2dd218d88cb..235822b3f41b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/io_apic.c
@@ -2566,8 +2566,10 @@ int __init io_apic_get_unique_id (int ioapic, int apic_id)
                 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ioapic_lock, flags);
 
                 /* Sanity check */
-                if (reg_00.bits.ID != apic_id)
-                        panic("IOAPIC[%d]: Unable change apic_id!\n", ioapic);
+                if (reg_00.bits.ID != apic_id) {
+                        printk("IOAPIC[%d]: Unable to change apic_id!\n", ioapic);
+                        return -1;
+                }
         }
 
         apic_printk(APIC_VERBOSE, KERN_INFO