1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
index db8084411538..624bbdbff2a8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sgi-ip32/ip32-reset.c
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ static __init int ip32_reboot_setup(void)
         blink_timer.function = blink_timeout;
         atomic_notifier_chain_register(&panic_notifier_list, &panic_block);
 
-        request_irq(MACEISA_RTC_IRQ, ip32_rtc_int, 0, "rtc", NULL);
+        if (request_irq(MACEISA_RTC_IRQ, ip32_rtc_int, 0, "rtc", NULL))
+                panic("Can't allocate MACEISA RTC IRQ");
 
         return 0;
 }