diff --git a/drivers/base/class.c b/drivers/base/class.c
index b32b77ff2dcd7c1814c66318a477b74840b88e2f..0ff267a248dba8ff5e215a380a54ea0f4221c7ce 100644
--- a/drivers/base/class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/class.c
@@ -562,7 +562,10 @@ int class_device_add(struct class_device *class_dev)
 		goto out2;
 
 	/* add the needed attributes to this device */
-	sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj, &parent_class->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
+	error = sysfs_create_link(&class_dev->kobj,
+				  &parent_class->subsys.kset.kobj, "subsystem");
+	if (error)
+		goto out3;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.name = "uevent";
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.mode = S_IWUSR;
 	class_dev->uevent_attr.attr.owner = parent_class->owner;