1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/timer.c b/kernel/timer.c
index d644f4e9ca0c..a2cb1ecb1b28 100644
--- a/kernel/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/timer.c
@@ -1694,8 +1694,10 @@ static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata timers_nb = {
 
 void __init init_timers(void)
 {
-        timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
+        int err = timer_cpu_notify(&timers_nb, (unsigned long)CPU_UP_PREPARE,
                                 (void *)(long)smp_processor_id());
+
+        BUG_ON(err == NOTIFY_BAD);
         register_cpu_notifier(&timers_nb);
         open_softirq(TIMER_SOFTIRQ, run_timer_softirq, NULL);
 }