diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-tangier.c b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-tangier.c
index 5f0b7334a489..104a28e8d817 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-tangier.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-tangier.c
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ static int tng_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	tp->pctldev = devm_pinctrl_register(dev, &tp->pctldesc, tp);
 	if (IS_ERR(tp->pctldev))
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(tp->pctldev), "failed to register pinctrl\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(tp->pctldev);
 
 	return 0;
 }