1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
index 296c74f98dc0..37e64d51394c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ion/ion_heap.c
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ int ion_heap_init_deferred_free(struct ion_heap *heap)
         init_waitqueue_head(&heap->waitqueue);
         heap->task = kthread_run(ion_heap_deferred_free, heap,
                                  "%s", heap->name);
-        sched_setscheduler(heap->task, SCHED_IDLE, &param);
         if (IS_ERR(heap->task)) {
                 pr_err("%s: creating thread for deferred free failed\n",
                        __func__);
                 return PTR_RET(heap->task);
         }
+        sched_setscheduler(heap->task, SCHED_IDLE, &param);
         return 0;
 }