diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
index fff510d86e31..8db5717bdabe 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-davinci.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ static int davinci_gpio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	for (i = 0; i < nirq; i++) {
 		chips->irqs[i] = platform_get_irq(pdev, i);
 		if (chips->irqs[i] < 0)
-			return dev_err_probe(dev, chips->irqs[i], "IRQ not populated\n");
+			return chips->irqs[i];
 	}
 
 	chips->chip.label = dev_name(dev);