diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
index 83d5c88e7165..d3d91dae065c 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_xen.c
@@ -430,9 +430,9 @@ static int __devinit xencons_probe(struct xenbus_device *dev,
 	if (devid == 0)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xencons_info), GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+	info = kzalloc(sizeof(struct xencons_info), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!info)
-		goto error_nomem;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	dev_set_drvdata(&dev->dev, info);
 	info->xbdev = dev;
 	info->vtermno = xenbus_devid_to_vtermno(devid);