1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index b4fa6612749..cc584865b3d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -1579,10 +1579,8 @@ static void __init prom_instantiate_rtas(void)
                 return;
 
         base = alloc_down(size, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
-        if (base == 0) {
-                prom_printf("RTAS allocation failed !\n");
-                return;
-        }
+        if (base == 0)
+                prom_panic("Could not allocate memory for RTAS\n");
 
         rtas_inst = call_prom("open", 1, 1, ADDR("/rtas"));
         if (!IHANDLE_VALID(rtas_inst)) {