diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index 31e54c25d16f..c56ab2164d6b 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -420,7 +420,8 @@ static int __init mbcache_init(void)
 	mb_entry_cache = kmem_cache_create("mbcache",
 				sizeof(struct mb_cache_entry), 0,
 				SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD, NULL);
-	BUG_ON(!mb_entry_cache);
+	if (!mb_entry_cache)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	return 0;
 }