diff --git a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
index b2e0792a38a0236e569ce28ebdd216716ba1f2c0..82b82dbd29973daf8a7c5d075beb0eaa8b9183c8 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/st21nfca/i2c.c
@@ -591,11 +591,8 @@ static int st21nfca_hci_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	phy = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(struct st21nfca_i2c_phy),
 			   GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!phy) {
-		nfc_err(&client->dev,
-			"Cannot allocate memory for st21nfca i2c phy.\n");
+	if (!phy)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	phy->i2c_dev = client;
 	phy->pending_skb = alloc_skb(ST21NFCA_HCI_LLC_MAX_SIZE * 2, GFP_KERNEL);