diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mem.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mem.c
index 78b6cb743769..199059d64c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-mem.c
@@ -48,13 +48,8 @@ static int cvm_oct_fill_hw_skbuff(int pool, int size, int elements)
 	while (freed) {
 
 		struct sk_buff *skb = dev_alloc_skb(size + 256);
-		if (unlikely(skb == NULL)) {
-			pr_warning
-			    ("Failed to allocate skb for hardware pool %d\n",
-			     pool);
+		if (unlikely(skb == NULL))
 			break;
-		}
-
 		skb_reserve(skb, 256 - (((unsigned long)skb->data) & 0x7f));
 		*(struct sk_buff **)(skb->data - sizeof(void *)) = skb;
 		cvmx_fpa_free(skb->data, pool, DONT_WRITEBACK(size / 128));
diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
index 10e54165d89c..e14a1bb04361 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/ethernet-rx.c
@@ -337,9 +337,6 @@ static int cvm_oct_napi_poll(struct napi_struct *napi, int budget)
 			 */
 			skb = dev_alloc_skb(work->len);
 			if (!skb) {
-				printk_ratelimited("Port %d failed to allocate "
-						   "skbuff, packet dropped\n",
-						   work->ipprt);
 				cvm_oct_free_work(work);
 				continue;
 			}