diff --git a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
index bfa267e6f045..18296443ccba 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libahci_platform.c
@@ -579,11 +579,8 @@ int ahci_platform_init_host(struct platform_device *pdev,
 	int i, irq, n_ports, rc;
 
 	irq = platform_get_irq(pdev, 0);
-	if (irq < 0) {
-		if (irq != -EPROBE_DEFER)
-			dev_err(dev, "no irq\n");
+	if (irq < 0)
 		return irq;
-	}
 	if (!irq)
 		return -EINVAL;