diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_samsung_cf.c b/drivers/ata/pata_samsung_cf.c
index 50801c40b029..bb96dc35950d 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_samsung_cf.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_samsung_cf.c
@@ -505,10 +505,8 @@ static int __init pata_s3c_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	cpu_type = platform_get_device_id(pdev)->driver_data;
 
 	info = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*info), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!info) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate memory for device data\n");
+	if (!info)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	info->irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);