diff --git a/block/genhd.c b/block/genhd.c
index 25d1f42568cc19714a2f8a5469ecd2842e9ea7e5..653919d50cd4d06aea68d8e027d15a473e5b4f5a 100644
--- a/block/genhd.c
+++ b/block/genhd.c
@@ -295,10 +295,15 @@ static struct kobject *base_probe(dev_t dev, int *part, void *data)
 
 static int __init genhd_device_init(void)
 {
+	int err;
+
 	bdev_map = kobj_map_init(base_probe, &block_subsys_lock);
 	blk_dev_init();
-	subsystem_register(&block_subsys);
-	return 0;
+	err = subsystem_register(&block_subsys);
+	if (err < 0)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: subsystem_register error: %d\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, err);
+	return err;
 }
 
 subsys_initcall(genhd_device_init);