1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
index 4f6ae05eb4f9..955061863ed8 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vt.c
@@ -2994,7 +2994,7 @@ int __init vty_init(const struct file_operations *console_fops)
         if (IS_ERR(tty0dev))
                 tty0dev = NULL;
         else
-                device_create_file(tty0dev, &dev_attr_active);
+                WARN_ON(device_create_file(tty0dev, &dev_attr_active) < 0);
 
         vcs_init();