diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/process.c b/arch/sh/kernel/process.c
index b2bda83b..077e06e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/process.c
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@
 void thread_info_cache_init(void)
 {
 	thread_info_cache = kmem_cache_create("thread_info", THREAD_SIZE,
-					      THREAD_SIZE, 0, NULL);
-	BUG_ON(thread_info_cache == NULL);
+					      THREAD_SIZE, SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
 }
 #else
 struct thread_info *alloc_thread_info(struct task_struct *tsk)