diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
index 005b2150655668bb5160b0337ae30017951b2cda..1f41cf1ff830260d33cb19f09c9cfa668e9bd31e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/fsi.c
@@ -1962,10 +1962,8 @@ static int fsi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	master = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*master), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!master) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Could not allocate master\n");
+	if (!master)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	master->base = devm_ioremap_nocache(&pdev->dev,
 					    res->start, resource_size(res));