diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
index 0c0e07b6f18e..fea04ca8ba6a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c
@@ -3681,6 +3681,8 @@ int __init osc_init(void)
 	CDEBUG(D_INFO, "Lustre OSC module (%p).\n", &osc_caches);
 
 	rc = lu_kmem_init(osc_caches);
+	if (rc)
+		RETURN(rc);
 
 	lprocfs_osc_init_vars(&lvars);