diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index fad9f74dbb18..3cd5978af531 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 61dd7eb876344904aece6b1837da6ea1cbadbc07
+refs/heads/master: 2cf3a11494b15949835ff92a7af15f979ac37bbd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c b/trunk/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
index 1409f01406f6..4109e0bb94f5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/mtd/mtd_blkdevs.c
@@ -382,11 +382,12 @@ int register_mtd_blktrans(struct mtd_blktrans_ops *tr)
 	tr->blkcore_priv->thread = kthread_run(mtd_blktrans_thread, tr,
 			"%sd", tr->name);
 	if (IS_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread)) {
+		int ret = PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
 		blk_cleanup_queue(tr->blkcore_priv->rq);
 		unregister_blkdev(tr->major, tr->name);
 		kfree(tr->blkcore_priv);
 		mutex_unlock(&mtd_table_mutex);
-		return PTR_ERR(tr->blkcore_priv->thread);
+		return ret;
 	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tr->devs);