1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/char_dev.c b/fs/char_dev.c
index 94b5f60076da..f77f7702fabe 100644
--- a/fs/char_dev.c
+++ b/fs/char_dev.c
@@ -576,7 +576,8 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 void __init chrdev_init(void)
 {
         cdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &chrdevs_lock);
-        bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi);
+        if (bdi_init(&directly_mappable_cdev_bdi))
+                panic("Failed to init directly mappable cdev bdi");
 }