diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
index d8190804aee9b0dbfc8d0b4ea569e7f3b883ab16..2409507d7bff854595578b161225c86f92a46053 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ struct cache_set *bch_cache_set_alloc(struct cache_sb *sb)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-static void run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
+static int run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 {
 	const char *err = "cannot allocate memory";
 	struct cached_dev *dc, *t;
@@ -1866,7 +1866,9 @@ static void run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 		if (j->version < BCACHE_JSET_VERSION_UUID)
 			__uuid_write(c);
 
-		bch_journal_replay(c, &journal);
+		err = "bcache: replay journal failed";
+		if (bch_journal_replay(c, &journal))
+			goto err;
 	} else {
 		pr_notice("invalidating existing data");
 
@@ -1934,7 +1936,7 @@ static void run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 	flash_devs_run(c);
 
 	set_bit(CACHE_SET_RUNNING, &c->flags);
-	return;
+	return 0;
 err:
 	while (!list_empty(&journal)) {
 		l = list_first_entry(&journal, struct journal_replay, list);
@@ -1945,6 +1947,8 @@ static void run_cache_set(struct cache_set *c)
 	closure_sync(&cl);
 	/* XXX: test this, it's broken */
 	bch_cache_set_error(c, "%s", err);
+
+	return -EIO;
 }
 
 static bool can_attach_cache(struct cache *ca, struct cache_set *c)
@@ -2008,8 +2012,11 @@ static const char *register_cache_set(struct cache *ca)
 	ca->set->cache[ca->sb.nr_this_dev] = ca;
 	c->cache_by_alloc[c->caches_loaded++] = ca;
 
-	if (c->caches_loaded == c->sb.nr_in_set)
-		run_cache_set(c);
+	if (c->caches_loaded == c->sb.nr_in_set) {
+		err = "failed to run cache set";
+		if (run_cache_set(c) < 0)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	return NULL;
 err: