diff --git a/init/do_mounts.c b/init/do_mounts.c
index a95bbdb2a50232..dea5de95c2dd23 100644
--- a/init/do_mounts.c
+++ b/init/do_mounts.c
@@ -533,8 +533,13 @@ void __init mount_root(void)
 	}
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-	create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
-	mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
+	{
+		int err = create_dev("/dev/root", ROOT_DEV);
+
+		if (err < 0)
+			pr_emerg("Failed to create /dev/root: %d\n", err);
+		mount_block_root("/dev/root", root_mountflags);
+	}
 #endif
 }