diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 6bab88a050e1..f928d49f123b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: bbc24a25e29136a56cf5015ef23eb2c2e8828023
+refs/heads/master: 6d1e2c6c1a0b800473db4df8595c95745be548ea
diff --git a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index b4fa66127495..cc584865b3df 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -1579,10 +1579,8 @@ static void __init prom_instantiate_rtas(void)
 		return;
 
 	base = alloc_down(size, PAGE_SIZE, 0);
-	if (base == 0) {
-		prom_printf("RTAS allocation failed !\n");
-		return;
-	}
+	if (base == 0)
+		prom_panic("Could not allocate memory for RTAS\n");
 
 	rtas_inst = call_prom("open", 1, 1, ADDR("/rtas"));
 	if (!IHANDLE_VALID(rtas_inst)) {