diff --git a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
index 074018979cdfb047f96619bf050b0f26ba5a623f..b97a6ab95a9ddfd63a87808dfb98b040a346431d 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/exynos-iommu.c
@@ -542,12 +542,7 @@ static int exynos_sysmmu_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto err_alloc;
 	}
 
-	ret = dev_set_drvdata(dev, data);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_dbg(dev, "Unabled to initialize driver data\n");
-		goto err_init;
-	}
-
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, data);
 	data->nsfrs = pdev->num_resources / 2;
 	data->sfrbases = kmalloc(sizeof(*data->sfrbases) * data->nsfrs,
 								GFP_KERNEL);
diff --git a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
index 512f479d8a50af5eb95c2717bb9a225b9a4e6bfa..f018d8d0f975360a091339699d12348c5c93a12b 100644
--- a/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
+++ b/drivers/vfio/vfio.c
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ struct vfio_device *vfio_group_create_device(struct vfio_group *group,
 					     void *device_data)
 {
 	struct vfio_device *device;
-	int ret;
 
 	device = kzalloc(sizeof(*device), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!device)
@@ -360,12 +359,7 @@ struct vfio_device *vfio_group_create_device(struct vfio_group *group,
 	device->group = group;
 	device->ops = ops;
 	device->device_data = device_data;
-
-	ret = dev_set_drvdata(dev, device);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(device);
-		return ERR_PTR(ret);
-	}
+	dev_set_drvdata(dev, device);
 
 	/* No need to get group_lock, caller has group reference */
 	vfio_group_get(group);