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-rw-r--r--drivers/acpi/video.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/video.c b/drivers/acpi/video.c
index 7f714fa2a454..12cce69b5441 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/video.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/video.c
@@ -731,6 +731,9 @@ static void acpi_video_device_find_cap(struct acpi_video_device *device)
device->cdev = thermal_cooling_device_register("LCD",
device->dev, &video_cooling_ops);
+ if (IS_ERR(device->cdev))
+ return;
+
if (device->cdev) {
printk(KERN_INFO PREFIX
"%s is registered as cooling_device%d\n",