diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index a3a7ca1436d7..26ff84f9960f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a46c5fbc6912c4e34cb7ded314249b639dc244a6
+refs/heads/master: 32b78de7fee70a0bdb2081b23fc2b676ec566814
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-video.c b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-video.c
index 98fa35421bdd..06b233a7b20b 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-video.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/media/video/cx88/cx88-video.c
@@ -1881,8 +1881,14 @@ static int __devinit cx8800_initdev(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 	mutex_unlock(&core->lock);
 
 	/* start tvaudio thread */
-	if (core->tuner_type != TUNER_ABSENT)
+	if (core->tuner_type != TUNER_ABSENT) {
 		core->kthread = kthread_run(cx88_audio_thread, core, "cx88 tvaudio");
+		if (IS_ERR(core->kthread)) {
+			err = PTR_ERR(core->kthread);
+			printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to create cx88 audio thread, err=%d\n",
+			       err);
+		}
+	}
 	return 0;
 
 fail_unreg: