diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ac.c b/drivers/acpi/ac.c
index 6512b20aeccdce0184a6a5c524af85c6f7f6db91..d1fcbc0f6cbc6d93e3523f913822d68fda0b8ad2 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ac.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ac.c
@@ -292,7 +292,9 @@ static int acpi_ac_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 	ac->charger.properties = ac_props;
 	ac->charger.num_properties = ARRAY_SIZE(ac_props);
 	ac->charger.get_property = get_ac_property;
-	power_supply_register(&ac->device->dev, &ac->charger);
+	result = power_supply_register(&ac->device->dev, &ac->charger);
+	if (result)
+		goto end;
 
 	printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX "%s [%s] (%s)\n",
 	       acpi_device_name(device), acpi_device_bid(device),