1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
index b8ebb8e427ef..f1201ac8a116 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kernel/perfmon.c
@@ -4312,6 +4312,7 @@ pfm_context_load(pfm_context_t *ctx, void *arg, int count, struct pt_regs *regs)
         DPRINT(("before cmpxchg() old_ctx=%p new_ctx=%p\n",
                 thread->pfm_context, ctx));
 
+        ret = -EBUSY;
         old = ia64_cmpxchg(acq, &thread->pfm_context, NULL, ctx, sizeof(pfm_context_t *));
         if (old != NULL) {
                 DPRINT(("load_pid [%d] already has a context\n", req->load_pid));