1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3da978eec791..8cdd3e72ba55 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1315,9 +1315,8 @@ struct task_struct * __devinit fork_idle(int cpu)
         struct pt_regs regs;
 
         task = copy_process(CLONE_VM, 0, idle_regs(&regs), 0, NULL, NULL, 0);
-        if (!task)
-                return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-        init_idle(task, cpu);
+        if (!IS_ERR(task))
+                init_idle(task, cpu);
 
         return task;
 }