1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
index 03ff62ebcfeb..a675602ef295 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inetpeer.c
@@ -126,12 +126,9 @@ void __init inet_initpeers(void)
 
         peer_cachep = kmem_cache_create("inet_peer_cache",
                         sizeof(struct inet_peer),
-                        0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+                        0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
                         NULL, NULL);
 
-        if (!peer_cachep)
-                panic("cannot create inet_peer_cache");
-
         /* All the timers, started at system startup tend
            to synchronize. Perturb it a bit.
          */