diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
index 4895a69015a8ea3579675af59f23bec69669f5ab..e319fa0787c27a116e28de09b6a88bf15b6a8fe2 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/rti_wdt.c
@@ -336,10 +336,8 @@ static int rti_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	watchdog_init_timeout(wdd, heartbeat, dev);
 
 	ret = watchdog_register_device(wdd);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(dev, "cannot register watchdog device\n");
+	if (ret)
 		goto err_iomap;
-	}
 
 	if (last_ping)
 		watchdog_set_last_hw_keepalive(wdd, last_ping);