1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index fbca60950b14..8fcae7a6510b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1472,10 +1472,8 @@ void __init fib6_init(void)
 {
         fib6_node_kmem = kmem_cache_create("fib6_nodes",
                                            sizeof(struct fib6_node),
-                                           0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+                                           0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
                                            NULL, NULL);
-        if (!fib6_node_kmem)
-                panic("cannot create fib6_nodes cache");
 
         fib6_tables_init();
 }