diff --git a/drivers/leds/leds-powernv.c b/drivers/leds/leds-powernv.c
index b2a98c7b521b..b1adbd70ce2e 100644
--- a/drivers/leds/leds-powernv.c
+++ b/drivers/leds/leds-powernv.c
@@ -224,12 +224,8 @@ static int powernv_led_create(struct device *dev,
 	powernv_led->cdev.name = devm_kasprintf(dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s:%s",
 						powernv_led->loc_code,
 						led_type_desc);
-	if (!powernv_led->cdev.name) {
-		dev_err(dev,
-			"%s: Memory allocation failed for classdev name\n",
-			__func__);
+	if (!powernv_led->cdev.name)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
 
 	powernv_led->cdev.brightness_set_blocking = powernv_brightness_set;
 	powernv_led->cdev.brightness_get = powernv_brightness_get;