diff --git a/net/decnet/dn_route.c b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
index c5daf35..dd0761e 100644
--- a/net/decnet/dn_route.c
+++ b/net/decnet/dn_route.c
@@ -1781,14 +1781,9 @@
 {
 	int i, goal, order;
 
-	dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep = kmem_cache_create("dn_dst_cache",
-						   sizeof(struct dn_route),
-						   0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
-						   NULL, NULL);
-
-	if (!dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep)
-		panic("DECnet: Failed to allocate dn_dst_cache\n");
-
+	dn_dst_ops.kmem_cachep =
+		kmem_cache_create("dn_dst_cache", sizeof(struct dn_route), 0,
+				  SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL, NULL);
 	init_timer(&dn_route_timer);
 	dn_route_timer.function = dn_dst_check_expire;
 	dn_route_timer.expires = jiffies + decnet_dst_gc_interval * HZ;