1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

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;
 }