diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
index 81528f64061a49df3715a8401ad4dc73f24528b9..9821ae900f6d5bf2fac8f684089968b4c19acd52 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/iwpm_util.c
@@ -439,10 +439,9 @@ struct sk_buff *iwpm_create_nlmsg(u32 nl_op, struct nlmsghdr **nlh,
 	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 
 	skb = dev_alloc_skb(IWPM_MSG_SIZE);
-	if (!skb) {
-		pr_err("%s Unable to allocate skb\n", __func__);
+	if (!skb)
 		goto create_nlmsg_exit;
-	}
+
 	if (!(ibnl_put_msg(skb, nlh, 0, 0, nl_client, nl_op,
 			   NLM_F_REQUEST))) {
 		pr_warn("%s: Unable to put the nlmsg header\n", __func__);