diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5ab7998d028b..3c459e0f0999 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a10bb4fb199bd7a1dc178a6228ad749f5070e0f9
+refs/heads/master: c8b124e21dbb7f4941f292fea446ce63d92d80dd
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
index 41bbe991f0de..dcbc97c432e5 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/ft1000/ft1000-usb/ft1000_usb.c
@@ -175,6 +175,12 @@ static int ft1000_probe(struct usb_interface *interface,
 	gPollingfailed = FALSE;
 	pft1000info->pPollThread =
 	    kthread_run(ft1000_poll_thread, ft1000dev, "ft1000_poll");
+
+	if (IS_ERR(pft1000info->pPollThread)) {
+		ret = PTR_ERR(pft1000info->pPollThread);
+		goto err_load;
+	}
+
 	msleep(500);
 
 	while (!pft1000info->CardReady) {