diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index eed7603b2451..3e06eaf8c27f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 77d233036ea886398770f208aa22235acf0d011c
+refs/heads/master: 6496a5c9e7ccc4e2ec34c09d04a819f8fdc29981
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_tile.c b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_tile.c
index c4efb55cbc03..7a84a0595477 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_tile.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/char/hvc_tile.c
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ console_initcall(hvc_tile_console_init);
 
 static int __init hvc_tile_init(void)
 {
-	hvc_alloc(0, 0, &hvc_tile_get_put_ops, 128);
-	return 0;
+	struct hvc_struct *s;
+	s = hvc_alloc(0, 0, &hvc_tile_get_put_ops, 128);
+	return IS_ERR(s) ? PTR_ERR(s) : 0;
 }
 device_initcall(hvc_tile_init);