Index: 2.6.13-rc1/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.13-rc1.orig/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
+++ 2.6.13-rc1/arch/arm26/kernel/ecard.c
@@ -522,9 +522,16 @@ static struct proc_dir_entry *proc_bus_e
 
 static void ecard_proc_init(void)
 {
+	struct proc_dir_entry *proc_entry;
 	proc_bus_ecard_dir = proc_mkdir("ecard", proc_bus);
-	create_proc_info_entry("devices", 0, proc_bus_ecard_dir,
-		get_ecard_dev_info);
+	if (!proc_bus_ecard_dir)
+		printk(KERN_WARNING "Unable to create proc dir entry.\n");
+	else {
+		proc_entry = create_proc_info_entry("devices", 0,
+			proc_bus_ecard_dir, get_ecard_dev_info);
+		if (!proc_entry)
+			printk(KERN_WARNING "ecard: Unable to create proc entry\n");
+	}
 }
 
 #define ec_set_resource(ec,nr,st,sz,flg)			\