1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index bacf6fe4f7a0..b512b746d2af 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -793,11 +793,16 @@ static struct kset *kset_create(const char *name,
                                 struct kobject *parent_kobj)
 {
         struct kset *kset;
+        int retval;
 
         kset = kzalloc(sizeof(*kset), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!kset)
                 return NULL;
-        kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
+        retval = kobject_set_name(&kset->kobj, name);
+        if (retval) {
+                kfree(kset);
+                return NULL;
+        }
         kset->uevent_ops = uevent_ops;
         kset->kobj.parent = parent_kobj;