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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c1
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
index f3798f4e6a63..f419b46bf002 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -1905,6 +1905,7 @@ static int ssif_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
"kssif%4.4x", thread_num);
if (IS_ERR(ssif_info->thread)) {
rv = PTR_ERR(ssif_info->thread);
+ ssif_info->thread = NULL;
dev_notice(&ssif_info->client->dev,
"Could not start kernel thread: error %d\n",
rv);