1 files changed, 16 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/atm/clip.c b/net/atm/clip.c
index d30167c0b48e..2ab1e36098fd 100644
--- a/net/atm/clip.c
+++ b/net/atm/clip.c
@@ -947,6 +947,8 @@ static const struct file_operations arp_seq_fops = {
 };
 #endif
 
+static void atm_clip_exit_noproc(void);
+
 static int __init atm_clip_init(void)
 {
         neigh_table_init_no_netlink(&clip_tbl);
@@ -963,18 +965,22 @@ static int __init atm_clip_init(void)
                 struct proc_dir_entry *p;
 
                 p = proc_create("arp", S_IRUGO, atm_proc_root, &arp_seq_fops);
+                if (!p) {
+                        printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to initialize "
+                               "/proc/net/atm/arp\n");
+                        atm_clip_exit_noproc();
+                        return -ENOMEM;
+                }
         }
 #endif
 
         return 0;
 }
 
-static void __exit atm_clip_exit(void)
+static void atm_clip_exit_noproc(void)
 {
         struct net_device *dev, *next;
 
-        remove_proc_entry("arp", atm_proc_root);
-
         unregister_inetaddr_notifier(&clip_inet_notifier);
         unregister_netdevice_notifier(&clip_dev_notifier);
 
@@ -1005,6 +1011,13 @@ static void __exit atm_clip_exit(void)
         clip_tbl_hook = NULL;
 }
 
+static void __exit atm_clip_exit(void)
+{
+        remove_proc_entry("arp", atm_proc_root);
+
+        atm_clip_exit_noproc();
+}
+
 module_init(atm_clip_init);
 module_exit(atm_clip_exit);
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Werner Almesberger");