diff --git a/include/net/ip6_fib.h b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
index 4cefcffe773e29d88b0e6284e998f5424b4ffd67..5d39ce92afcf3699f9ca28e5c91e19050d165fc9 100644
--- a/include/net/ip6_fib.h
+++ b/include/net/ip6_fib.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ extern void			fib6_run_gc(unsigned long dummy);
 
 extern void			fib6_gc_cleanup(void);
 
-extern void			fib6_init(void);
+extern int			fib6_init(void);
 
 extern void			fib6_rules_init(void);
 extern void			fib6_rules_cleanup(void);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
index 31b60a02512a7ec16dd08710b805a4fd7913f0fc..c100b44f2b87cc64b48c9bdb36b25b2fcf73e05c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_fib.c
@@ -1473,16 +1473,24 @@ void fib6_run_gc(unsigned long dummy)
 	spin_unlock_bh(&fib6_gc_lock);
 }
 
-void __init fib6_init(void)
+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,
 					   NULL);
-
 	fib6_tables_init();
 
-	__rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, NULL, inet6_dump_fib);
+	ret = __rtnl_register(PF_INET6, RTM_GETROUTE, NULL, inet6_dump_fib);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_kmem_cache_create;
+out:
+	return ret;
+
+out_kmem_cache_create:
+	kmem_cache_destroy(fib6_node_kmem);
+	goto out;
 }
 
 void fib6_gc_cleanup(void)