diff --git a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
index 9243468e2c99..352de5d41466 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devcoredump.c
@@ -292,13 +292,16 @@ void dev_coredumpm(struct device *dev, struct module *owner,
 	if (device_add(&devcd->devcd_dev))
 		goto put_device;
 
+	/*
+	 * These should normally not fail, but there is no problem
+	 * continuing without the links, so just warn instead of
+	 * failing.
+	 */
 	if (sysfs_create_link(&devcd->devcd_dev.kobj, &dev->kobj,
-			      "failing_device"))
-		/* nothing - symlink will be missing */;
-
-	if (sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &devcd->devcd_dev.kobj,
-			      "devcoredump"))
-		/* nothing - symlink will be missing */;
+			      "failing_device") ||
+	    sysfs_create_link(&dev->kobj, &devcd->devcd_dev.kobj,
+		              "devcoredump"))
+		dev_warn(dev, "devcoredump create_link failed\n");
 
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&devcd->del_wk, devcd_del);
 	schedule_delayed_work(&devcd->del_wk, DEVCD_TIMEOUT);