diff --git a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
index 0adcb40d2794ec5efe4a21407aade6728b8b2bd0..9588e685d994cf267b1fb4f491749b717274aa0f 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/pata_macio.c
@@ -1131,11 +1131,9 @@ static int pata_macio_attach(struct macio_dev *mdev,
 	/* Allocate and init private data structure */
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&mdev->ofdev.dev,
 			    sizeof(struct pata_macio_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&mdev->ofdev.dev,
-			"Failed to allocate private memory\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	priv->node = of_node_get(mdev->ofdev.dev.of_node);
 	priv->mdev = mdev;
 	priv->dev = &mdev->ofdev.dev;
@@ -1277,11 +1275,9 @@ static int pata_macio_pci_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	/* Allocate and init private data structure */
 	priv = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev,
 			    sizeof(struct pata_macio_priv), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (priv == NULL) {
-		dev_err(&pdev->dev,
-			"Failed to allocate private memory\n");
+	if (!priv)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	}
+
 	priv->node = of_node_get(np);
 	priv->pdev = pdev;
 	priv->dev = &pdev->dev;