diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/fw_dnld.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/fw_dnld.c
index edac56b01fd13eb044feb0910c9b0b23f56b87c1..e83f65596a88a0d514b9d5d8c08e805883c721a9 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/fw_dnld.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/fw_dnld.c
@@ -76,10 +76,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *alloc_lc_skb(struct nfcmrvl_private *priv, uint8_t plen)
 	struct nci_data_hdr *hdr;
 
 	skb = nci_skb_alloc(priv->ndev, (NCI_DATA_HDR_SIZE + plen), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!skb) {
-		pr_err("no memory for data\n");
+	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	hdr = skb_put(skb, NCI_DATA_HDR_SIZE);
 	hdr->conn_id = NCI_CORE_LC_CONNID_PROP_FW_DL;