1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index abf6352f990f..5b77bdaa57dd 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1056,10 +1056,9 @@ static int inetdev_event(struct notifier_block *this, unsigned long event,
         if (!in_dev) {
                 if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
                         in_dev = inetdev_init(dev);
+                        if (!in_dev)
+                                return notifier_from_errno(-ENOMEM);
                         if (dev == &loopback_dev) {
-                                if (!in_dev)
-                                        panic("devinet: "
-                                              "Failed to create loopback\n");
                                 IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOXFRM, 1);
                                 IN_DEV_CONF_SET(in_dev, NOPOLICY, 1);
                         }