diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/max197.c b/drivers/hwmon/max197.c
index 96dccaf919d1da4c02b26de8f937f5c401f84ff4..82128ad79a911c893e784b8a5623f1e04c4afb5a 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/max197.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/max197.c
@@ -275,10 +275,8 @@ static int max197_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	data = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct max197_data), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!data) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "devm_kzalloc failed\n");
+	if (!data)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	data->pdata = pdata;
 	mutex_init(&data->lock);