diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
index 187d1c283c1ddcdb2a1ad06554fffdcdf3e54f4e..cff1fbe89a1bf547ed206e7979352dfaa4b0692b 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
@@ -296,11 +296,8 @@ static int lm3533_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 
 	bl = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*bl), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!bl) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-				"failed to allocate memory for backlight\n");
+	if (!bl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	bl->lm3533 = lm3533;
 	bl->id = pdev->id;