diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
index c837d5416e0e..84975b21fff2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c
@@ -5392,7 +5392,9 @@ static int ipmi_init_msghandler(void)
 	if (initialized)
 		goto out;
 
-	init_srcu_struct(&ipmi_interfaces_srcu);
+	rv = init_srcu_struct(&ipmi_interfaces_srcu);
+	if (rv)
+		goto out;
 
 	timer_setup(&ipmi_timer, ipmi_timeout, 0);
 	mod_timer(&ipmi_timer, jiffies + IPMI_TIMEOUT_JIFFIES);