diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
index c492cf0ab8cd..d2cdb9823a15 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-spear.c
@@ -365,10 +365,8 @@ static int spear_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	config = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*config), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!config) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "out of memory\n");
+	if (!config)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* alarm irqs */
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);