diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/em_sti.c b/drivers/clocksource/em_sti.c
index 9d170834fcf3559a318becf709d34618505b1de7..d0a7bd66b8b91e0eb9aa4f7092ec42869a9067d8 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/em_sti.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/em_sti.c
@@ -318,10 +318,8 @@ static int em_sti_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	int irq;
 
 	p = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*p), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (p == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate driver data\n");
+	if (p == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	p->pdev = pdev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, p);