diff --git a/fs/proc/inode.c b/fs/proc/inode.c
index 7cffa433a3c8ab35945b431c29c6b7cc1dd10727..99ca00485fc307ff52014dc303b60fd918f87de4 100644
--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -119,10 +119,8 @@ int __init proc_init_inodecache(void)
 	proc_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("proc_inode_cache",
 					     sizeof(struct proc_inode),
 					     0, (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|
-						SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+						SLAB_MEM_SPREAD|SLAB_PANIC),
 					     init_once);
-	if (proc_inode_cachep == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/kernel/posix-timers.c b/kernel/posix-timers.c
index 57efe0400bc2a133b7b1bb055e597345c567450f..d71ed09fe1dddd985e79f882ff30dd26bf1d28a2 100644
--- a/kernel/posix-timers.c
+++ b/kernel/posix-timers.c
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ static __init int init_posix_timers(void)
 	register_posix_clock(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &clock_monotonic);
 
 	posix_timers_cache = kmem_cache_create("posix_timers_cache",
-					sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, 0, NULL);
+					sizeof (struct k_itimer), 0, SLAB_PANIC,
+					NULL);
 	idr_init(&posix_timers_id);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 204865750fe4610362454c27f27753022b0d7425..6fa20a84daa01e1afca5a01ec2ae01b9ec9bac9e 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2343,9 +2343,7 @@ static int init_inodecache(void)
 {
 	shmem_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("shmem_inode_cache",
 				sizeof(struct shmem_inode_info),
-				0, 0, init_once);
-	if (shmem_inode_cachep == NULL)
-		return -ENOMEM;
+				0, SLAB_PANIC, init_once);
 	return 0;
 }