diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 96fa2da..ffc7581 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -954,10 +954,9 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_STMMAC_TIMER
 	priv->tm = kzalloc(sizeof(struct stmmac_timer *), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (unlikely(priv->tm == NULL)) {
-		pr_err("%s: ERROR: timer memory alloc failed\n", __func__);
+	if (unlikely(priv->tm == NULL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	priv->tm->freq = tmrate;
 
 	/* Test if the external timer can be actually used.