1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/flow.c b/net/core/flow.c
index 645241165e6c..f23e7e386543 100644
--- a/net/core/flow.c
+++ b/net/core/flow.c
@@ -343,12 +343,8 @@ static int __init flow_cache_init(void)
 
         flow_cachep = kmem_cache_create("flow_cache",
                                         sizeof(struct flow_cache_entry),
-                                        0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+                                        0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
                                         NULL, NULL);
-
-        if (!flow_cachep)
-                panic("NET: failed to allocate flow cache slab\n");
-
         flow_hash_shift = 10;
         flow_lwm = 2 * flow_hash_size;
         flow_hwm = 4 * flow_hash_size;