diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
index 87fe52ebf7b0..8650832e593f 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max77686.c
@@ -107,10 +107,8 @@ static struct max77686_platform_data *max77686_i2c_parse_dt_pdata(struct device
 	struct max77686_platform_data *pd;
 
 	pd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pd) {
-		dev_err(dev, "could not allocate memory for pdata\n");
+	if (!pd)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 
 	dev->platform_data = pd;
 	return pd;