diff --git a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adspff.c b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adspff.c
index 11c10959..cbc13fcd 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adspff.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/tegra/nvadsp/adspff.c
@@ -663,6 +663,16 @@ int adspff_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	adspff_kthread = kthread_create(adspff_kthread_fn,
+		NULL, "adspp_kthread");
+	if ((adspff_kthread == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) ||
+			(adspff_kthread == ERR_PTR(-EINTR))) {
+		pr_err("adspff kthread_create failed, error = %s\n",
+			(adspff_kthread == ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM)) ?
+					"-ENOMEM" : "-EINTR");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
 	adspff = ADSPFF_SHARED_STATE(app_info->mem.shared);
 
 	ret = nvadsp_mbox_open(&rx_mbox, &adspff->mbox_id,
@@ -684,10 +694,7 @@ int adspff_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&adspff_kthread_msgq_head);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&file_list);
 
-	// kthread inIt
 	init_waitqueue_head(&wait_queue);
-	adspff_kthread = kthread_create(adspff_kthread_fn,
-		NULL, "adspp_kthread");
 
 #if KERNEL_VERSION(5, 9, 0) > LINUX_VERSION_CODE
 	sched_setscheduler(adspff_kthread, SCHED_FIFO, &param);