1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/dmapool.c b/mm/dmapool.c
index 306baa594f95..ba8019b063e1 100644
--- a/mm/dmapool.c
+++ b/mm/dmapool.c
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ struct dma_pool *dma_pool_create(const char *name, struct device *dev,
         if (list_empty(&dev->dma_pools) &&
             device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_pools)) {
                 kfree(retval);
-                return NULL;
+                retval = NULL;
         } else
                 list_add(&retval->pools, &dev->dma_pools);
         mutex_unlock(&pools_lock);