diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
index ab41be625a53..8eea2529da20 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoechr.c
@@ -140,10 +140,8 @@ bail:		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&emsgs_lock, flags);
 	}
 
 	mp = kmemdup(msg, n, GFP_ATOMIC);
-	if (mp == NULL) {
-		printk(KERN_ERR "aoe: allocation failure, len=%ld\n", n);
+	if (!mp)
 		goto bail;
-	}
 
 	em->msg = mp;
 	em->flags |= EMFL_VALID;