diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index ec54f1677505ec297c0bf1652ff30751b2af5343..e48ed28562f403ee39d08f9392dc2a13b6cc4c1e 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -286,8 +286,6 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 	}
 
 	rc = tpm2_commit_space(chip, space, ordinal, buf, &len);
-	if (rc)
-		dev_err(&chip->dev, "tpm2_commit_space: error %d\n", rc);
 
 out:
 	/* may fail but do not override previous error value in rc */
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
index 1131a8e7b79ba76493cf4b3a7765e9dcc561708a..5ecc73988f7c01db56ba13c1aba49dd2149bc417 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm2-space.c
@@ -501,19 +501,19 @@ int tpm2_commit_space(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	rc = tpm2_map_response_header(chip, cc, buf, *bufsiz);
 	if (rc) {
 		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
-		return rc;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	rc = tpm2_map_response_body(chip, cc, buf, *bufsiz);
 	if (rc) {
 		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
-		return rc;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	rc = tpm2_save_space(chip);
 	if (rc) {
 		tpm2_flush_space(chip);
-		return rc;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	*bufsiz = be32_to_cpu(header->length);
@@ -526,4 +526,7 @@ int tpm2_commit_space(struct tpm_chip *chip, struct tpm_space *space,
 	memcpy(space->session_buf, chip->work_space.session_buf, PAGE_SIZE);
 
 	return 0;
+out:
+	dev_err(&chip->dev, "%s: error %d\n", __func__, rc);
+	return rc;
 }