diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index d7754ab..6f833ca 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2474,7 +2474,10 @@
 
 	ip6_dst_ops.kmem_cachep =
 		kmem_cache_create("ip6_dst_cache", sizeof(struct rt6_info), 0,
-				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
+				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN, NULL);
+	if (!ip6_dst_ops.kmem_cachep)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	ip6_dst_blackhole_ops.kmem_cachep = ip6_dst_ops.kmem_cachep;
 
 	ret = fib6_init();