diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-exynos.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-exynos.c
index f936704a1182..74eb081a3c59 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-exynos.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc-exynos.c
@@ -230,10 +230,8 @@ static int dw_mci_exynos_parse_dt(struct dw_mci *host)
 	int ret;
 
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(host->dev, sizeof(*priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!priv) {
-		dev_err(host->dev, "mem alloc failed for private data\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	for (idx = 0; idx < ARRAY_SIZE(exynos_compat); idx++) {
 		if (of_device_is_compatible(np, exynos_compat[idx].compatible))
diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
index a1b80e515147..6e4d864b50ef 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/dw_mmc.c
@@ -2546,10 +2546,8 @@ static struct dw_mci_board *dw_mci_parse_dt(struct dw_mci *host)
 	u32 clock_frequency;
 
 	pdata = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*pdata), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!pdata) {
-		dev_err(dev, "could not allocate memory for pdata\n");
+	if (!pdata)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-	}
 
 	/* find out number of slots supported */
 	if (of_property_read_u32(dev->of_node, "num-slots",