1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
index 134c4d07936b..4b551feae4c5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/micrel/ks8851.c
@@ -1419,10 +1419,8 @@ static int __devinit ks8851_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
         int ret;
 
         ndev = alloc_etherdev(sizeof(struct ks8851_net));
-        if (!ndev) {
-                dev_err(&spi->dev, "failed to alloc ethernet device\n");
+        if (!ndev)
                 return -ENOMEM;
-        }
 
         spi->bits_per_word = 8;