diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l73.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l73.c
index 3df2c47..978cfbb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l73.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l73.c
@@ -1307,10 +1307,9 @@ static int cs42l73_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client,
 		pdata = devm_kzalloc(&i2c_client->dev,
 				     sizeof(struct cs42l73_platform_data),
 				GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdata) {
-			dev_err(&i2c_client->dev, "could not allocate pdata\n");
+		if (!pdata)
 			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+
 		if (i2c_client->dev.of_node) {
 			if (of_property_read_u32(i2c_client->dev.of_node,
 				"chgfreq", &val32) >= 0)