state = kmalloc(par->vbe_state_size, GFP_KERNEL);
        if (!state)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        task = uvesafb_prep();
        if (!task) {
 {
        struct uvesafb_par *par = info->par;
        int cnt = atomic_read(&par->ref_count);
+       u8 *buf = NULL;
 
-       if (!cnt && par->vbe_state_size)
-               par->vbe_state_orig = uvesafb_vbe_state_save(par);
+       if (!cnt && par->vbe_state_size) {
+               buf =  uvesafb_vbe_state_save(par);
+               if (IS_ERR(buf)) {
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "uvesafb: save hardware state"
+                               "failed, error code is %ld!\n", PTR_ERR(buf));
+               } else {
+                       par->vbe_state_orig = buf;
+               }
+       }
 
        atomic_inc(&par->ref_count);
        return 0;