diff --git a/drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-tcb.c b/drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-tcb.c
index acd3ce8ecf3f..4fb1be246c44 100644
--- a/drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-tcb.c
+++ b/drivers/pwm/pwm-atmel-tcb.c
@@ -401,7 +401,6 @@ static int atmel_tcb_pwm_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	tcbpwm = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(*tcbpwm), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (tcbpwm == NULL) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "failed to allocate memory\n");
 		goto err_free_tc;
 	}