1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 665341e43055..387a13395015 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -585,8 +585,9 @@ static struct config_item_type netconsole_target_type = {
  * Group operations and type for netconsole_subsys.
  */
 
-static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
-                                                  const char *name)
+static int make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
+                                  const char *name,
+                                  struct config_item **new_item)
 {
         unsigned long flags;
         struct netconsole_target *nt;
@@ -598,7 +599,7 @@ static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
         nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!nt) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: failed to allocate memory\n");
-                return NULL;
+                return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
         nt->np.name = "netconsole";
@@ -615,7 +616,8 @@ static struct config_item *make_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,
         list_add(&nt->list, &target_list);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
 
-        return &nt->item;
+        *new_item = &nt->item;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 static void drop_netconsole_target(struct config_group *group,