1 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
index 6230637054c6..fc6008fbce35 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpi_pad.c
@@ -231,16 +231,19 @@ static struct task_struct *ps_tsks[NR_CPUS];
 static unsigned int ps_tsk_num;
 static int create_power_saving_task(void)
 {
-        int rc = -ENOMEM;
+        int rc;
 
         ps_tsks[ps_tsk_num] = kthread_run(power_saving_thread,
                 (void *)(unsigned long)ps_tsk_num,
                 "acpi_pad/%d", ps_tsk_num);
-        rc = PTR_RET(ps_tsks[ps_tsk_num]);
-        if (!rc)
-                ps_tsk_num++;
-        else
+
+        if (IS_ERR(ps_tsks[ps_tsk_num])) {
+                rc = PTR_ERR(ps_tsks[ps_tsk_num]);
                 ps_tsks[ps_tsk_num] = NULL;
+        } else {
+                rc = 0;
+                ps_tsk_num++;
+        }
 
         return rc;
 }