1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
index b84c49e3697c..c73b7a48b036 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/kernel/smp.c
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@ static int __devinit smp_boot_one_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
         int timeout, ret;
 
         p = fork_idle(cpu);
+        if (IS_ERR(p))
+                return PTR_ERR(p);
         callin_flag = 0;
         cpu_new_thread = task_thread_info(p);