diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
index d4250942..4d398ff 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-mvebu.c
@@ -574,10 +574,8 @@
 		soc_variant = MVEBU_GPIO_SOC_VARIANT_ORION;
 
 	mvchip = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct mvebu_gpio_chip), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mvchip) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Cannot allocate memory\n");
+	if (!mvchip)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	if (of_property_read_u32(pdev->dev.of_node, "ngpios", &ngpios)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Missing ngpios OF property\n");