diff --git a/drivers/base/bus.c b/drivers/base/bus.c
index 1cf1460f8c90..3464c49dad0d 100644
--- a/drivers/base/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/base/bus.c
@@ -616,8 +616,10 @@ static void remove_probe_files(struct bus_type *bus)
 static ssize_t uevent_store(struct device_driver *drv, const char *buf,
 			    size_t count)
 {
-	kobject_synth_uevent(&drv->p->kobj, buf, count);
-	return count;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&drv->p->kobj, buf, count);
+	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
 static DRIVER_ATTR_WO(uevent);
 
@@ -833,8 +835,10 @@ static void klist_devices_put(struct klist_node *n)
 static ssize_t bus_uevent_store(struct bus_type *bus,
 				const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	kobject_synth_uevent(&bus->p->subsys.kobj, buf, count);
-	return count;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&bus->p->subsys.kobj, buf, count);
+	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
 static BUS_ATTR(uevent, S_IWUSR, NULL, bus_uevent_store);
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/core.c b/drivers/base/core.c
index fc5bbb2519fe..1c67bf24bc23 100644
--- a/drivers/base/core.c
+++ b/drivers/base/core.c
@@ -991,8 +991,14 @@ out:
 static ssize_t uevent_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			    const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
-	if (kobject_synth_uevent(&dev->kobj, buf, count))
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&dev->kobj, buf, count);
+
+	if (rc) {
 		dev_err(dev, "uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent\n");
+		return rc;
+	}
 
 	return count;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 2a44c515f0d7..94528b891027 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -1201,8 +1201,10 @@ static ssize_t store_uevent(struct module_attribute *mattr,
 			    struct module_kobject *mk,
 			    const char *buffer, size_t count)
 {
-	kobject_synth_uevent(&mk->kobj, buffer, count);
-	return count;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kobject_synth_uevent(&mk->kobj, buffer, count);
+	return rc ? rc : count;
 }
 
 struct module_attribute module_uevent =