diff --git a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
index 92b5020ae77864e676251af48245c04b5e3e1efd..a18792ce96befb49d5ddb8eefc08e97fcb93aee0 100644
--- a/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/cifsd/smb2pdu.c
@@ -565,10 +565,8 @@ int smb2_allocate_rsp_buf(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	else
 		work->response_buf = kvmalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 
-	if (!work->response_buf) {
-		ksmbd_err("Failed to allocate %zu bytes buffer\n", sz);
+	if (!work->response_buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	work->response_sz = sz;
 	return 0;