diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f52039cf32a9..f8f70dcf043a 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 81ac3ad9061dd9cd490ee92f0c5316a14d77ce18
+refs/heads/master: 90396f96b7da0e2305ffe0266d22b6f8221f28ba
diff --git a/trunk/fs/proc/kcore.c b/trunk/fs/proc/kcore.c
index c6a5ec731972..70733780fdd9 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/proc/kcore.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/proc/kcore.c
@@ -606,6 +606,10 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
 {
 	proc_root_kcore = proc_create("kcore", S_IRUSR, NULL,
 				      &proc_kcore_operations);
+	if (!proc_root_kcore) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR "couldn't create /proc/kcore\n");
+		return 0; /* Always returns 0. */
+	}
 	/* Store text area if it's special */
 	proc_kcore_text_init();
 	/* Store vmalloc area */
@@ -615,7 +619,6 @@ static int __init proc_kcore_init(void)
 	/* Store direct-map area from physical memory map */
 	kcore_update_ram();
 	hotplug_memory_notifier(kcore_callback, 0);
-	/* Other special area, area-for-module etc is arch specific. */
 
 	return 0;
 }