diff --git a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
index 1b2db9a3038c3b49bb7237d92d3fed7ddecdbef4..ef42942a939015f145aff301efc359db97a5128e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/n_hdlc.c
@@ -952,8 +952,6 @@ static char hdlc_register_ok[] __initdata =
 	KERN_INFO "N_HDLC line discipline registered.\n";
 static char hdlc_register_fail[] __initdata =
 	KERN_ERR "error registering line discipline: %d\n";
-static char hdlc_init_fail[] __initdata =
-	KERN_INFO "N_HDLC: init failure %d\n";
 
 static int __init n_hdlc_init(void)
 {
@@ -973,8 +971,6 @@ static int __init n_hdlc_init(void)
 	else
 		printk(hdlc_register_fail, status);
 
-	if (status)
-		printk(hdlc_init_fail, status);
 	return status;
 	
 }	/* end of init_module() */