diff --git a/drivers/accel/ethosu/ethosu_job.c b/drivers/accel/ethosu/ethosu_job.c
index 74f3493fb11a..cdc0d61ee53d 100644
--- a/drivers/accel/ethosu/ethosu_job.c
+++ b/drivers/accel/ethosu/ethosu_job.c
@@ -338,10 +338,8 @@ int ethosu_job_init(struct ethosu_device *edev)
 					ethosu_job_irq_handler_thread,
 					IRQF_SHARED, KBUILD_MODNAME,
 					edev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(dev, "failed to request irq\n");
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
 	edev->fence_context = dma_fence_context_alloc(1);