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-rw-r--r--samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
index ecc7db237f2e..0b7a6efdb247 100644
--- a/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
+++ b/samples/trace_events/trace-events-sample.c
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ int foo_bar_reg(void)
* for consistency sake, we still take the thread_mutex.
*/
simple_tsk_fn = kthread_run(simple_thread_fn, NULL, "event-sample-fn");
+ if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(simple_tsk_fn)) {
+ pr_err("Failed to create simple_thread_fn\n");
+ simple_tsk_fn = NULL;
+ }
out:
mutex_unlock(&thread_mutex);
return 0;