diff --git a/kernel/cred.c b/kernel/cred.c
index c033a201c808..075cfa7c896f 100644
--- a/kernel/cred.c
+++ b/kernel/cred.c
@@ -606,8 +606,8 @@ int set_cred_ucounts(struct cred *new)
 void __init cred_init(void)
 {
 	/* allocate a slab in which we can store credentials */
-	cred_jar = kmem_cache_create("cred_jar", sizeof(struct cred), 0,
-			SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_ACCOUNT, NULL);
+	cred_jar = KMEM_CACHE(cred,
+			      SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN | SLAB_PANIC | SLAB_ACCOUNT);
 }
 
 /**