diff --git a/fs/crypto/crypto.c b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
index dd3a0164eec482191422f6306d5eaa2b724a45c7..ea95d72acb75269c792b1d3f661b63bc1c5d2dd7 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/crypto.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/crypto.c
@@ -156,12 +156,8 @@ int fscrypt_do_page_crypto(const struct inode *inode, fscrypt_direction_t rw,
 	}
 
 	req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm, gfp_flags);
-	if (!req) {
-		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
-				"%s: crypto_request_alloc() failed\n",
-				__func__);
+	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	skcipher_request_set_callback(
 		req, CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
diff --git a/fs/crypto/fname.c b/fs/crypto/fname.c
index e33f3d3c5ade8ce6e647e6b5021f7e51f00a96c1..3b5164b159cba2f9b48e7596f57fd258756de7d2 100644
--- a/fs/crypto/fname.c
+++ b/fs/crypto/fname.c
@@ -59,11 +59,8 @@ int fname_encrypt(struct inode *inode, const struct qstr *iname,
 
 	/* Set up the encryption request */
 	req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!req) {
-		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
-			"%s: skcipher_request_alloc() failed\n", __func__);
+	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	skcipher_request_set_callback(req,
 			CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
 			crypto_req_done, &wait);
@@ -108,11 +105,8 @@ static int fname_decrypt(struct inode *inode,
 
 	/* Allocate request */
 	req = skcipher_request_alloc(tfm, GFP_NOFS);
-	if (!req) {
-		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR
-			"%s: crypto_request_alloc() failed\n",  __func__);
+	if (!req)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 	skcipher_request_set_callback(req,
 		CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_BACKLOG | CRYPTO_TFM_REQ_MAY_SLEEP,
 		crypto_req_done, &wait);