diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 36d180858136..6ede3a539ed8 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/quotaops.h>
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
@@ -1813,6 +1814,7 @@ void __init mnt_init(unsigned long mempages)
 	struct list_head *d;
 	unsigned int nr_hash;
 	int i;
+	int err;
 
 	init_rwsem(&namespace_sem);
 
@@ -1853,8 +1855,14 @@ void __init mnt_init(unsigned long mempages)
 		d++;
 		i--;
 	} while (i);
-	sysfs_init();
-	subsystem_register(&fs_subsys);
+	err = sysfs_init();
+	if (err)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: sysfs_init error: %d\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, err);
+	err = subsystem_register(&fs_subsys);
+	if (err)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: subsystem_register error: %d\n",
+			__FUNCTION__, err);
 	init_rootfs();
 	init_mount_tree();
 }