diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
index a175cd8..f2108c4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init-common.c
@@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ void pgtable_cache_add(unsigned shift, void (*ctor)(void *))
 	align = max_t(unsigned long, align, minalign);
 	name = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "pgtable-2^%d", shift);
 	new = kmem_cache_create(name, table_size, align, 0, ctor);
+	if (!new)
+		panic("Could not allocate pgtable cache for order %d", shift);
+
 	kfree(name);
 	pgtable_cache[shift - 1] = new;
+
 	pr_debug("Allocated pgtable cache for order %d\n", shift);
 }
 
@@ -88,7 +92,7 @@ void pgtable_cache_init(void)
 {
 	pgtable_cache_add(PGD_INDEX_SIZE, pgd_ctor);
 
-	if (PMD_INDEX_SIZE && !PGT_CACHE(PMD_INDEX_SIZE))
+	if (PMD_CACHE_INDEX && !PGT_CACHE(PMD_CACHE_INDEX))
 		pgtable_cache_add(PMD_CACHE_INDEX, pmd_ctor);
 	/*
 	 * In all current configs, when the PUD index exists it's the
@@ -97,11 +101,4 @@ void pgtable_cache_init(void)
 	 */
 	if (PUD_INDEX_SIZE && !PGT_CACHE(PUD_INDEX_SIZE))
 		pgtable_cache_add(PUD_INDEX_SIZE, pud_ctor);
-
-	if (!PGT_CACHE(PGD_INDEX_SIZE))
-		panic("Couldn't allocate pgd cache");
-	if (PMD_INDEX_SIZE && !PGT_CACHE(PMD_INDEX_SIZE))
-		panic("Couldn't allocate pmd pgtable caches");
-	if (PUD_INDEX_SIZE && !PGT_CACHE(PUD_INDEX_SIZE))
-		panic("Couldn't allocate pud pgtable caches");
 }