diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lms283gf05.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lms283gf05.c
index de8832504f682422bae9c5bff28743c98ca99d31..14590c54aedf3bf50e843c85b65b6a33eae43b14 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lms283gf05.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lms283gf05.c
@@ -168,10 +168,8 @@ static int lms283gf05_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	st = devm_kzalloc(&spi->dev, sizeof(struct lms283gf05_state),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (st == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "No memory for device state\n");
+	if (st == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	ld = devm_lcd_device_register(&spi->dev, "lms283gf05", &spi->dev, st,
 					&lms_ops);