@@ -295,14 +295,13 @@ func NewRuntime() (*Runtime, error) {

 		return nil, err

 	}

-	k, err := GetKernelVersion()

-	if err != nil {

-		return nil, err

-	}

-	runtime.kernelVersion = k

-

-	if CompareKernelVersion(k, &KernelVersionInfo{Kernel: 3, Major: 8, Minor: 0}) < 0 {

-		log.Printf("WARNING: You are running linux kernel version %s, which might be unstable running docker. Please upgrade your kernel to 3.8.0.", k.String())

+	if k, err := GetKernelVersion(); err != nil {

+		log.Printf("WARNING: %s\n", err)

+	} else {

+		runtime.kernelVersion = k

+		if CompareKernelVersion(k, &KernelVersionInfo{Kernel: 3, Major: 8, Minor: 0}) < 0 {

+			log.Printf("WARNING: You are running linux kernel version %s, which might be unstable running docker. Please upgrade your kernel to 3.8.0.", k.String())

+		}

 	}

 	if cgroupMemoryMountpoint, err := FindCgroupMountpoint("memory"); err != nil {