3 files changed, 4 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 7cffa433a3c8..99ca00485fc3 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -119,10 +119,8 @@ int __init proc_init_inodecache(void)
         proc_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("proc_inode_cache",
                                              sizeof(struct proc_inode),
                                              0, (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
-                                                SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+                                                SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_PANIC),
                                              init_once);
-        if (proc_inode_cachep == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
         return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 57efe0400bc2..d71ed09fe1dd 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ static __init int init_posix_timers(void)
         register_posix_clock(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &clock_monotonic);
 
         posix_timers_cache = kmem_cache_create("posix_timers_cache",
-                                        sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, 0, NULL);
+                                        sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, SLAB_PANIC,
+                                        NULL);
         idr_init(&posix_timers_id);
         return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 204865750fe4..6fa20a84daa0 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2343,9 +2343,7 @@ static int init_inodecache(void)
 {
         shmem_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("shmem_inode_cache",
                                 sizeof(struct shmem_inode_info),
-                                0, 0, init_once);
-        if (shmem_inode_cachep == NULL)
-                return -ENOMEM;
+                                0, SLAB_PANIC, init_once);
         return 0;
 }