diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
index c601e25b609fb58e6842c18e62e5c484c98182ae..a9039696476e68c8da475bbe40e1b841e64d903b 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/urb.c
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ struct urb *usb_alloc_urb(int iso_packets, gfp_t mem_flags)
 	urb = kmalloc(sizeof(struct urb) +
 		iso_packets * sizeof(struct usb_iso_packet_descriptor),
 		mem_flags);
-	if (!urb) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "alloc_urb: kmalloc failed\n");
+	if (!urb)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	usb_init_urb(urb);
 	return urb;
 }