1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
index 6660fa92ffa1..a2b1414da288 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hosts.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_alloc(struct scsi_host_template *sht, int privsize)
 {
         struct Scsi_Host *shost;
         gfp_t gfp_mask = GFP_KERNEL;
-        int rval;
 
         if (sht->unchecked_isa_dma && privsize)
                 gfp_mask |= __GFP_DMA;
@@ -420,7 +419,8 @@ struct Scsi_Host *scsi_host_alloc(struct scsi_host_template *sht, int privsize)
         shost->ehandler = kthread_run(scsi_error_handler, shost,
                         "scsi_eh_%d", shost->host_no);
         if (IS_ERR(shost->ehandler)) {
-                rval = PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler);
+                printk(KERN_WARNING "scsi%d: error handler thread failed to spawn, error = %ld\n",
+                        shost->host_no, PTR_ERR(shost->ehandler));
                 goto fail_kfree;
         }