diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
index e12fafb..4463031 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tlv320aic3x.c
@@ -1477,10 +1477,8 @@
 	u32 value;
 
 	aic3x = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev, sizeof(struct aic3x_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (aic3x == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&i2c->dev, "failed to create private data\n");
+	if (!aic3x)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	aic3x->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(i2c, &aic3x_regmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(aic3x->regmap)) {
@@ -1498,10 +1496,8 @@
 	} else if (np) {
 		ai3x_setup = devm_kzalloc(&i2c->dev, sizeof(*ai3x_setup),
 								GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (ai3x_setup == NULL) {
-			dev_err(&i2c->dev, "failed to create private data\n");
+		if (!ai3x_setup)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
 
 		ret = of_get_named_gpio(np, "gpio-reset", 0);
 		if (ret >= 0)