struct hlist_nulls_head *nf_conntrack_hash __read_mostly;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nf_conntrack_hash);
 
+static __read_mostly struct kmem_cache *nf_conntrack_cachep;
 static __read_mostly spinlock_t nf_conntrack_locks_all_lock;
 static __read_mostly seqcount_t nf_conntrack_generation;
 static __read_mostly bool nf_conntrack_locks_all;
         * Do not use kmem_cache_zalloc(), as this cache uses
         * SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU.
         */
-       ct = kmem_cache_alloc(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep, gfp);
+       ct = kmem_cache_alloc(nf_conntrack_cachep, gfp);
        if (ct == NULL)
                goto out;
 
        atomic_set(&ct->ct_general.use, 0);
        return ct;
 out_free:
-       kmem_cache_free(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep, ct);
+       kmem_cache_free(nf_conntrack_cachep, ct);
 out:
        atomic_dec(&net->ct.count);
        return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
        nf_ct_ext_destroy(ct);
        nf_ct_ext_free(ct);
-       kmem_cache_free(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep, ct);
+       kmem_cache_free(nf_conntrack_cachep, ct);
        smp_mb__before_atomic();
        atomic_dec(&net->ct.count);
 }
                nf_conntrack_tstamp_pernet_fini(net);
                nf_conntrack_acct_pernet_fini(net);
                nf_conntrack_expect_pernet_fini(net);
-               kmem_cache_destroy(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep);
-               kfree(net->ct.slabname);
                free_percpu(net->ct.stat);
                free_percpu(net->ct.pcpu_lists);
        }
 int nf_conntrack_init_start(void)
 {
        int max_factor = 8;
-       int i, ret, cpu;
+       int ret = -ENOMEM;
+       int i, cpu;
 
        seqcount_init(&nf_conntrack_generation);
 
 
        nf_conntrack_max = max_factor * nf_conntrack_htable_size;
 
+       nf_conntrack_cachep = kmem_cache_create("nf_conntrack",
+                                               sizeof(struct nf_conn), 0,
+                                               SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, NULL);
+       if (!nf_conntrack_cachep)
+               goto err_cachep;
+
        printk(KERN_INFO "nf_conntrack version %s (%u buckets, %d max)\n",
               NF_CONNTRACK_VERSION, nf_conntrack_htable_size,
               nf_conntrack_max);
 err_acct:
        nf_conntrack_expect_fini();
 err_expect:
+       kmem_cache_destroy(nf_conntrack_cachep);
+err_cachep:
        nf_ct_free_hashtable(nf_conntrack_hash, nf_conntrack_htable_size);
        return ret;
 }
        if (!net->ct.stat)
                goto err_pcpu_lists;
 
-       net->ct.slabname = kasprintf(GFP_KERNEL, "nf_conntrack_%p", net);
-       if (!net->ct.slabname)
-               goto err_slabname;
-
-       net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep = kmem_cache_create(net->ct.slabname,
-                                                       sizeof(struct nf_conn), 0,
-                                                       SLAB_DESTROY_BY_RCU, NULL);
-       if (!net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "Unable to create nf_conn slab cache\n");
-               goto err_cache;
-       }
-
        ret = nf_conntrack_expect_pernet_init(net);
        if (ret < 0)
                goto err_expect;
 err_acct:
        nf_conntrack_expect_pernet_fini(net);
 err_expect:
-       kmem_cache_destroy(net->ct.nf_conntrack_cachep);
-err_cache:
-       kfree(net->ct.slabname);
-err_slabname:
        free_percpu(net->ct.stat);
 err_pcpu_lists:
        free_percpu(net->ct.pcpu_lists);