diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
index 03492e3c09fa..297f1d161211 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-at91.c
@@ -1050,10 +1050,8 @@ static int at91_pinctrl_mux_mask(struct at91_pinctrl *info,
 	info->nmux = size / gpio_banks;
 
 	info->mux_mask = devm_kzalloc(info->dev, sizeof(u32) * size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!info->mux_mask) {
-		dev_err(info->dev, "could not alloc mux_mask\n");
+	if (!info->mux_mask)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	ret = of_property_read_u32_array(np, "atmel,mux-mask",
 					  info->mux_mask, size);