diff --git a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 8a3dd4700bd2..d32504844896 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -806,10 +806,9 @@ static int tegra_nvec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	nvec = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct nvec_chip), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (nvec == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to reserve memory\n");
+	if (nvec == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, nvec);
 	nvec->dev = &pdev->dev;