diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index a4aa53b7e2bb..645464f02363 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -1396,8 +1396,10 @@ static int __init acpi_init(void)
 	}
 
 	acpi_kobj = kobject_create_and_add("acpi", firmware_kobj);
-	if (!acpi_kobj)
-		pr_debug("%s: kset create error\n", __func__);
+	if (!acpi_kobj) {
+		pr_err("Failed to register kobject\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	init_prmt();
 	acpi_init_pcc();