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-rw-r--r--drivers/base/sys.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/base/sys.c b/drivers/base/sys.c
index 420cb3cf616f..b0d55a930855 100644
--- a/drivers/base/sys.c
+++ b/drivers/base/sys.c
@@ -180,8 +180,11 @@ int sysdev_register(struct sys_device * sysdev)
/* But make sure we point to the right type for sysfs translation */
sysdev->kobj.ktype = &ktype_sysdev;
- kobject_set_name(&sysdev->kobj,"%s%d",
+ error = kobject_set_name(&sysdev->kobj,"%s%d",
kobject_name(&cls->kset.kobj),sysdev->id);
+ if (error)
+ return error;
+
pr_debug("Registering sys device '%s'\n",kobject_name(&sysdev->kobj));
/* Register the object */