diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
index 4416d51..fe1fe85 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -183,11 +183,8 @@
 		    "for size: %08x...\n", name, i, size);
 		pgtable_cache[i] = kmem_cache_create(name,
 						     size, size,
-						     0,
+						     SLAB_PANIC,
 						     zero_ctor,
 						     NULL);
-		if (! pgtable_cache[i])
-			panic("pgtable_cache_init(): could not create %s!\n",
-			      name);
 	}
 }