diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5675.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5675.c
index c499e7e93c54..92c3e7951ee7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov5675.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov5675.c
@@ -1339,11 +1339,8 @@ static int ov5675_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = ov5675_get_hwcfg(ov5675, &client->dev);
-	if (ret) {
-		dev_err(&client->dev, "failed to get HW configuration: %d",
-			ret);
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
 	v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(&ov5675->sd, client, &ov5675_subdev_ops);