diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
index 649666d5d1c20520ed554a3375c11393660871e1..51d707d85b2d5232cf21123ec5b1b5f55a51938d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/numa.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,8 @@ static const struct file_operations topology_ops = {
 static int topology_update_init(void)
 {
 	start_topology_update();
-	proc_create("powerpc/topology_updates", 0644, NULL, &topology_ops);
+	if (!proc_create("powerpc/topology_updates", 0644, NULL, &topology_ops))
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 }