diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 2ed879a0abc6..1b6b6acd3489 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -606,10 +606,10 @@ static int vxlan_fdb_append(struct vxlan_fdb *f,
 	if (rd == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (dst_cache_init(&rd->dst_cache, GFP_ATOMIC)) {
-		kfree(rd);
-		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+	/* The driver can work correctly without a dst cache, so do not treat
+	 * dst cache initialization errors as fatal.
+	 */
+	dst_cache_init(&rd->dst_cache, GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 
 	rd->remote_ip = *ip;
 	rd->remote_port = port;