diff --git a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
index b29b5a75333e..de93dd1a8c7b 100644
--- a/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
+++ b/drivers/clocksource/arc_timer.c
@@ -334,10 +334,8 @@ static int __init arc_clockevent_setup(struct device_node *node)
 	}
 
 	ret = arc_get_timer_clk(node);
-	if (ret) {
-		pr_err("clockevent: missing clk\n");
+	if (ret)
 		return ret;
-	}
 
 	/* Needs apriori irq_set_percpu_devid() done in intc map function */
 	ret = request_percpu_irq(arc_timer_irq, timer_irq_handler,