diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
index cf9db8ac0f42..f6a8b7a8d58a 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/intel/pinctrl-intel.c
@@ -1673,7 +1673,7 @@ int intel_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev,
 
 	pctrl->pctldev = devm_pinctrl_register(dev, &pctrl->pctldesc, pctrl);
 	if (IS_ERR(pctrl->pctldev))
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, PTR_ERR(pctrl->pctldev), "failed to register pinctrl\n");
+		return PTR_ERR(pctrl->pctldev);
 
 	ret = intel_gpio_probe(pctrl, irq);
 	if (ret)