diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
index 1acf5be03d48..ce2a0967ffdf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/sc16is7xx.c
@@ -1527,10 +1527,8 @@ int sc16is7xx_probe(struct device *dev, const struct sc16is7xx_devtype *devtype,
 
 	/* Alloc port structure */
 	s = devm_kzalloc(dev, struct_size(s, p, devtype->nr_uart), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!s) {
-		dev_err(dev, "Error allocating port structure\n");
+	if (!s)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	/* Always ask for fixed clock rate from a property. */
 	device_property_read_u32(dev, "clock-frequency", &uartclk);