diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
index 3b09f71b9535..105a73cc5158 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
@@ -538,10 +538,9 @@ static int kirkwood_i2s_dev_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int err;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "allocation failed\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, priv);
 
 	mem = platform_get_resource(pdev, IORESOURCE_MEM, 0);