diff --git a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
index 8fc200b2e2c0..d78b204e65c1 100644
--- a/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
+++ b/drivers/base/attribute_container.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ attribute_container_add_device(struct device *dev,
 
 		ic = kzalloc(sizeof(*ic), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!ic) {
-			dev_printk(KERN_ERR, dev, "failed to allocate class container\n");
+			dev_err(dev, "failed to allocate class container\n");
 			continue;
 		}
 
diff --git a/drivers/base/devres.c b/drivers/base/devres.c
index 8731979d668a..668390664764 100644
--- a/drivers/base/devres.c
+++ b/drivers/base/devres.c
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ static void devres_log(struct device *dev, struct devres_node *node,
 		       const char *op)
 {
 	if (unlikely(log_devres))
-		dev_printk(KERN_ERR, dev, "DEVRES %3s %p %s (%lu bytes)\n",
-			   op, node, node->name, (unsigned long)node->size);
+		dev_err(dev, "DEVRES %3s %p %s (%lu bytes)\n",
+			op, node, node->name, (unsigned long)node->size);
 }
 #else /* CONFIG_DEBUG_DEVRES */
 #define set_node_dbginfo(node, n, s)	do {} while (0)