1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 017fb23d5983..31a32c7dd169 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -976,9 +976,8 @@ static int copy_io(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct *tsk)
          * Share io context with parent, if CLONE_IO is set
          */
         if (clone_flags & CLONE_IO) {
-                tsk->io_context = ioc_task_link(ioc);
-                if (unlikely(!tsk->io_context))
-                        return -ENOMEM;
+                ioc_task_link(ioc);
+                tsk->io_context = ioc;
         } else if (ioprio_valid(ioc->ioprio)) {
                 new_ioc = get_task_io_context(tsk, GFP_KERNEL, NUMA_NO_NODE);
                 if (unlikely(!new_ioc))