1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
index 9e775717abb7..87d92a56a939 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/adt7470.c
@@ -1286,8 +1286,10 @@ static int adt7470_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
         init_completion(&data->auto_update_stop);
         data->auto_update = kthread_run(adt7470_update_thread, client,
                                         dev_name(data->hwmon_dev));
-        if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update))
+        if (IS_ERR(data->auto_update)) {
+                err = PTR_ERR(data->auto_update);
                 goto exit_unregister;
+        }
 
         return 0;