diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
index 2e96d964f5823fd1b94c1de04fd9cda8c82d5760..97de2d32ba84119a1f0907d3ac12e29c9a371232 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/atmel-mci.c
@@ -660,10 +660,8 @@ atmci_of_init(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pdata) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "could not allocate memory for pdata\n");
+	if (!pdata)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	for_each_child_of_node(np, cnp) {
 		if (of_property_read_u32(cnp, "reg", &slot_id)) {