diff --git a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
index 2fbe59f7f9b5..d45b9a7e324e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sh/rcar/ssi.c
@@ -770,10 +770,8 @@ int rsnd_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	 */
 	nr	= info->ssi_info_nr;
 	ssi	= devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ssi) * nr, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!ssi) {
-		dev_err(dev, "SSI allocate failed\n");
+	if (!ssi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	priv->ssi	= ssi;
 	priv->ssi_nr	= nr;