diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-janz-ttl.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-janz-ttl.c
index 2ecd3a09c743e6dba7434c9cbfab0e5c70bc24c3..255806bcbfe5ac5101a177bb1e77e1c4f6119e84 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-janz-ttl.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-janz-ttl.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ static int ttl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	mod = kzalloc(sizeof(*mod), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mod) {
-		dev_err(dev, "unable to allocate private data\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out_return;
 	}