diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
index 9a82a90..2bea89b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
@@ -375,10 +375,8 @@
 	int ret = -ENODEV;
 
 	lg = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(struct lp_gpio), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!lg) {
-		dev_err(dev, "can't allocate lp_gpio chip data\n");
+	if (!lg)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	lg->pdev = pdev;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, lg);