diff --git a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
index 10cc7df..a0a932c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wan/hdlc.c
@@ -280,14 +280,13 @@
 	if (!try_module_get(proto->module))
 		return -ENOSYS;
 
-	if (size)
-		if ((dev_to_hdlc(dev)->state = kmalloc(size,
-						       GFP_KERNEL)) == NULL) {
-			netdev_warn(dev,
-				    "Memory squeeze on hdlc_proto_attach()\n");
+	if (size) {
+		dev_to_hdlc(dev)->state = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (dev_to_hdlc(dev)->state == NULL) {
 			module_put(proto->module);
 			return -ENOBUFS;
 		}
+	}
 	dev_to_hdlc(dev)->proto = proto;
 	return 0;
 }