diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 5cd9a4310e08..d0082ce4814d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b80068543794864f533163c586be2a1a9880a65d
+refs/heads/master: 230649da7cb73914b8b2a1ffc802a2951e970454
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/workqueue.c b/trunk/kernel/workqueue.c
index c7e36d4a70ca..a3de837a8ddd 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int __devinit workqueue_cpu_callback(struct notifier_block *nfb,
 	case CPU_UP_PREPARE:
 		/* Create a new workqueue thread for it. */
 		list_for_each_entry(wq, &workqueues, list) {
-			if (create_workqueue_thread(wq, hotcpu) < 0) {
+			if (!create_workqueue_thread(wq, hotcpu)) {
 				printk("workqueue for %i failed\n", hotcpu);
 				return NOTIFY_BAD;
 			}