1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/softirq.c b/kernel/softirq.c
index 0db913a5c60f..825e1126008f 100644
--- a/kernel/softirq.c
+++ b/kernel/softirq.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ static int __cpuinit cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
                 p = kthread_create(run_ksoftirqd, hcpu, "ksoftirqd/%d", hotcpu);
                 if (IS_ERR(p)) {
                         printk("ksoftirqd for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
-                        return NOTIFY_BAD;
+                        return notifier_from_errno(PTR_ERR(p));
                 }
                 kthread_bind(p, hotcpu);
                 per_cpu(ksoftirqd, hotcpu) = p;