diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
index ce18f8c98b2d..be6bb7d0971e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main.h
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 #include "XGIfb.h"
 #include "vb_def.h"
 
-#define XGIFAIL(x) do { printk(x "\n"); return -EINVAL; } while (0)
-
 #ifndef PCI_DEVICE_ID_XGI_42
 #define PCI_DEVICE_ID_XGI_42      0x042
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
index a45a497115ed..58cddb40f314 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/xgifb/XGI_main_26.c
@@ -1376,8 +1376,10 @@ static int XGIfb_check_var(struct fb_var_screeninfo *var, struct fb_info *info)
 		vtotal = var->upper_margin + var->yres + var->lower_margin
 				+ var->vsync_len;
 
-	if (!(htotal) || !(vtotal))
-		XGIFAIL("XGIfb: no valid timing data");
+	if (!(htotal) || !(vtotal)) {
+		pr_debug("XGIfb: no valid timing data\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	if (var->pixclock && htotal && vtotal) {
 		drate = 1000000000 / var->pixclock;