diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index c100b44f2b87cc64b48c9bdb36b25b2fcf73e05c..5fae04506ad93152a2f3924e98a5ac8963164504 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1478,8 +1478,11 @@ int __init fib6_init(void)
 	int ret;
 	fib6_node_kmem = kmem_cache_create("fib6_nodes",
 					   sizeof(struct fib6_node),
-					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC,
+					   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
 					   NULL);
+	if (!fib6_node_kmem)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
 	fib6_tables_init();
 
 	ret = __rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, NULL, inet6_dump_fib);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index d7754abf9216b0f7c7178624b29f3d2712250a28..6f833cacfcfb10b99db31f26c898f00e7cbdaad3 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2474,7 +2474,10 @@ int __init ip6_route_init(void)
 
 	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();