diff --git a/arch/sh/drivers/dma/dma-api.c b/arch/sh/drivers/dma/dma-api.c
index 4a277224a871f9d846210916d48eab26f80ab489..f46848f088e47c2eb900b890cbe656580f5f3a37 100644
--- a/arch/sh/drivers/dma/dma-api.c
+++ b/arch/sh/drivers/dma/dma-api.c
@@ -412,8 +412,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unregister_dmac);
 static int __init dma_api_init(void)
 {
 	printk(KERN_NOTICE "DMA: Registering DMA API.\n");
-	create_proc_read_entry("dma", 0, 0, dma_read_proc, 0);
-	return 0;
+	return create_proc_read_entry("dma", 0, 0, dma_read_proc, 0)
+		    ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }
 subsys_initcall(dma_api_init);