diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index 6dab186d4b8f6415edb4a22e3ebb5645496d20d2..c60123dff803912c398cb6fa9e25a08f326fd879 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -913,7 +913,8 @@ static int __init net_ns_init(void)
 	init_net_initialized = true;
 	up_write(&pernet_ops_rwsem);
 
-	register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops);
+	if (register_pernet_subsys(&net_ns_ops))
+		panic("Could not register network namespace subsystems");
 
 	rtnl_register(PF_UNSPEC, RTM_NEWNSID, rtnl_net_newid, NULL,
 		      RTNL_FLAG_DOIT_UNLOCKED);