1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/s390/s390mach.c b/drivers/s390/s390mach.c
index 1d084691e71e..442d63470428 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/s390mach.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/s390mach.c
@@ -525,7 +525,11 @@ arch_initcall(machine_check_init);
 static int __init
 machine_check_crw_init (void)
 {
-        kthread_run(s390_collect_crw_info, &m_sem, "kmcheck");
+        struct task_struct *task;
+
+        task = kthread_run(s390_collect_crw_info, &m_sem, "kmcheck");
+        if (IS_ERR(task))
+                return PTR_ERR(task);
         ctl_set_bit(14, 28);    /* enable channel report MCH */
         return 0;
 }