diff --git a/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c b/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
index b6d484532269..e8c0c8d0dea5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ralink-gdma/ralink-gdma.c
@@ -826,7 +826,6 @@ static int gdma_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 			       struct_size(dma_dev, chan, data->chancnt),
 			       GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!dma_dev) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "alloc dma device failed\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 	dma_dev->data = data;