diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiehrpwm.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiehrpwm.c
index aee4471424d1..3a31c08cc6c8 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiehrpwm.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-tiehrpwm.c
@@ -440,10 +440,8 @@ static int ehrpwm_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	u16 status;
 
 	pc = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pc), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pc) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate memory\n");
+	if (!pc)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	clk = devm_clk_get(&pdev->dev, "fck");
 	if (IS_ERR(clk)) {