diff --git a/block/bio-integrity.c b/block/bio-integrity.c
index 8e0548484dd386304dfa0e5714d3fba504eb2240..0984232e429fb61d427c90340fa0c77e55c1fee2 100644
--- a/block/bio-integrity.c
+++ b/block/bio-integrity.c
@@ -513,6 +513,4 @@ void __init bio_integrity_init(void)
 				     sizeof(struct bio_integrity_payload) +
 				     sizeof(struct bio_vec) * BIP_INLINE_VECS,
 				     0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC, NULL);
-	if (!bip_slab)
-		panic("Failed to create slab\n");
 }