diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 04151da399c6..7defe84e6bd0 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -3813,7 +3813,9 @@ static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
 
 	list_for_each_entry(s, &slab_caches, list) {
 		err = sysfs_slab_add(s);
-		BUG_ON(err);
+		if (err)
+			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB: Unable to add boot slab %s"
+						" to sysfs\n", s->name);
 	}
 
 	while (alias_list) {
@@ -3821,7 +3823,9 @@ static int __init slab_sysfs_init(void)
 
 		alias_list = alias_list->next;
 		err = sysfs_slab_alias(al->s, al->name);
-		BUG_ON(err);
+		if (err)
+			printk(KERN_ERR "SLUB: Unable to add boot slab alias"
+					" %s to sysfs\n", s->name);
 		kfree(al);
 	}