diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/opt4060.c b/drivers/iio/light/opt4060.c
index aa10400e0a1f..981c704e7df5 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/opt4060.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/opt4060.c
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ static int opt4060_setup_trigger(struct opt4060_chip *chip, struct iio_dev *idev
 	name = devm_kasprintf(chip->dev, GFP_KERNEL, "%s-opt4060",
 			      dev_name(chip->dev));
 	if (!name)
-		return dev_err_probe(chip->dev, -ENOMEM, "Failed to alloc chip name\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	ret = devm_request_threaded_irq(chip->dev, chip->irq, NULL, opt4060_irq_thread,
 					IRQF_TRIGGER_FALLING | IRQF_ONESHOT,
diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/veml6040.c b/drivers/iio/light/veml6040.c
index 71a594b2ec85..f563f9f0ee67 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/veml6040.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/veml6040.c
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ static int veml6040_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	indio_dev = devm_iio_device_alloc(dev, sizeof(*data));
 	if (!indio_dev)
-		return dev_err_probe(dev, -ENOMEM,
-				     "IIO device allocation failed\n");
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &veml6040_regmap_config);
 	if (IS_ERR(regmap))