diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index c24c3c35405affd35c3e4dc9b823b89bbb9dadb1..a389b423c279dcb6e5f2b94ffcf56e534b06875e 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1881,7 +1881,8 @@ static struct module *load_module(void __user *umod,
 	module_unload_init(mod);
 
 	/* Initialize kobject, so we can reference it. */
-	if (mod_sysfs_init(mod) != 0)
+	err = mod_sysfs_init(mod);
+	if (err)
 		goto cleanup;
 
 	/* Set up license info based on the info section */