diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ezx-pcap.c b/drivers/mfd/ezx-pcap.c
index 24ca140d6a48..cd0520a08224 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ezx-pcap.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ezx-pcap.c
@@ -416,7 +416,6 @@ static int ezx_pcap_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	pcap->workqueue = create_singlethread_workqueue("pcapd");
 	if (!pcap->workqueue) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		dev_err(&spi->dev, "can't create pcap thread\n");
 		goto ret;
 	}