1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
index bcaafd6cf633..25e9b16fe7f0 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c
@@ -1245,6 +1245,7 @@ static int rcu_torture_barrier_init(void)
                 ret = PTR_ERR(barrier_task);
                 VERBOSE_TOROUT_ERRSTRING("Failed to create rcu_torture_barrier");
                 barrier_task = NULL;
+                return ret;
         }
         torture_shuffle_task_register(barrier_task);
         return 0;