diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
index a19719e00a69..5e74c860e532 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c
@@ -434,10 +434,8 @@ struct mtd_info *cfi_cmdset_0001(struct map_info *map, int primary)
 	int i;
 
 	mtd = kzalloc(sizeof(*mtd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mtd) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory for MTD device\n");
+	if (!mtd)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	mtd->priv = map;
 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
 
@@ -563,10 +561,8 @@ static struct mtd_info *cfi_intelext_setup(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	mtd->numeraseregions = cfi->cfiq->NumEraseRegions * cfi->numchips;
 	mtd->eraseregions = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mtd_erase_region_info)
 			* mtd->numeraseregions, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mtd->eraseregions) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory for MTD erase region info\n");
+	if (!mtd->eraseregions)
 		goto setup_err;
-	}
 
 	for (i=0; i<cfi->cfiq->NumEraseRegions; i++) {
 		unsigned long ernum, ersize;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
index 718244d1211a..e21fde9d4d7e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c
@@ -506,10 +506,8 @@ struct mtd_info *cfi_cmdset_0002(struct map_info *map, int primary)
 	int i;
 
 	mtd = kzalloc(sizeof(*mtd), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mtd) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to allocate memory for MTD device\n");
+	if (!mtd)
 		return NULL;
-	}
 	mtd->priv = map;
 	mtd->type = MTD_NORFLASH;
 
@@ -660,10 +658,8 @@ static struct mtd_info *cfi_amdstd_setup(struct mtd_info *mtd)
 	mtd->numeraseregions = cfi->cfiq->NumEraseRegions * cfi->numchips;
 	mtd->eraseregions = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mtd_erase_region_info)
 				    * mtd->numeraseregions, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!mtd->eraseregions) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "Failed to allocate memory for MTD erase region info\n");
+	if (!mtd->eraseregions)
 		goto setup_err;
-	}
 
 	for (i=0; i<cfi->cfiq->NumEraseRegions; i++) {
 		unsigned long ernum, ersize;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
index 88529422c401..6293855fb5ee 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c
@@ -175,7 +175,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *cfi_staa_setup(struct map_info *map)
 	//printk(KERN_DEBUG "number of CFI chips: %d\n", cfi->numchips);
 
 	if (!mtd) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory for MTD device\n");
 		kfree(cfi->cmdset_priv);
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -188,7 +187,6 @@ static struct mtd_info *cfi_staa_setup(struct map_info *map)
 	mtd->eraseregions = kmalloc(sizeof(struct mtd_erase_region_info)
 			* mtd->numeraseregions, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!mtd->eraseregions) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory for MTD erase region info\n");
 		kfree(cfi->cmdset_priv);
 		kfree(mtd);
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
index d25535279404..e8d0164498b0 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_probe.c
@@ -168,10 +168,8 @@ static int __xipram cfi_chip_setup(struct map_info *map,
 		return 0;
 
 	cfi->cfiq = kmalloc(sizeof(struct cfi_ident) + num_erase_regions * 4, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!cfi->cfiq) {
-		printk(KERN_WARNING "%s: kmalloc failed for CFI ident structure\n", map->name);
+	if (!cfi->cfiq)
 		return 0;
-	}
 
 	memset(cfi->cfiq,0,sizeof(struct cfi_ident));
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
index f992418f40a8..08049f6eea60 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_util.c
@@ -116,10 +116,8 @@ __xipram cfi_read_pri(struct map_info *map, __u16 adr, __u16 size, const char* n
 	printk(KERN_INFO "%s Extended Query Table at 0x%4.4X\n", name, adr);
 
 	extp = kmalloc(size, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!extp) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "Failed to allocate memory\n");
+	if (!extp)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MTD_XIP
 	local_irq_disable();