diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1eccef9b48bb..36a071688378 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 753eab76a3337863a0d86ce045fa4eb6c3cbeef9
+refs/heads/master: ac16ca6412d9feb5b2f8fc76a4ed938b5d107f94
diff --git a/trunk/net/dccp/probe.c b/trunk/net/dccp/probe.c
index 146496fce2e2..fded1493c1dc 100644
--- a/trunk/net/dccp/probe.c
+++ b/trunk/net/dccp/probe.c
@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ static __init int dccpprobe_init(void)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&dccpw.wait);
 	spin_lock_init(&dccpw.lock);
 	dccpw.fifo = kfifo_alloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL, &dccpw.lock);
+	if (IS_ERR(dccpw.fifo))
+		return PTR_ERR(dccpw.fifo);
 
 	if (!proc_net_fops_create(procname, S_IRUSR, &dccpprobe_fops))
 		goto err0;
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c
index 4be336f17883..f230eeecf092 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_probe.c
@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ static __init int tcpprobe_init(void)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tcpw.wait);
 	spin_lock_init(&tcpw.lock);
 	tcpw.fifo = kfifo_alloc(bufsize, GFP_KERNEL, &tcpw.lock);
+	if (IS_ERR(tcpw.fifo))
+		return PTR_ERR(tcpw.fifo);
 
 	if (!proc_net_fops_create(procname, S_IRUSR, &tcpprobe_fops))
 		goto err0;