diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index e888202..f9347ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -169,10 +169,8 @@
 	 * Note that these targets get their config_item fields zeroed-out.
 	 */
 	nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!nt) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: failed to allocate memory\n");
+	if (!nt)
 		goto fail;
-	}
 
 	nt->np.name = "netconsole";
 	strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ);
@@ -551,10 +549,8 @@
 	 * Target is disabled at creation (enabled == 0).
 	 */
 	nt = kzalloc(sizeof(*nt), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!nt) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "netconsole: failed to allocate memory\n");
+	if (!nt)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	nt->np.name = "netconsole";
 	strlcpy(nt->np.dev_name, "eth0", IFNAMSIZ);