diff --git a/fs/fat/fat.c b/fs/fat/fat.c
index 2da93dae3c..d1476aa433 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fat.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
  * 2003-03-10 - kharris@nexus-tech.net - ported to uboot
  */
 
+#define LOG_CATEGORY	LOGC_FS
+
 #include <common.h>
 #include <blk.h>
 #include <config.h>
@@ -97,8 +99,8 @@ int fat_register_device(struct blk_desc *dev_desc, int part_no)
 	/* Read the partition table, if present */
 	if (part_get_info(dev_desc, part_no, &info)) {
 		if (part_no != 0) {
-			printf("** Partition %d not valid on device %d **\n",
-					part_no, dev_desc->devnum);
+			log_err("Partition %d invalid on device %d\n", part_no,
+				dev_desc->devnum);
 			return -1;
 		}
 
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ static __u32 get_fatent(fsdata *mydata, __u32 entry)
 	__u32 ret = 0x00;
 
 	if (CHECK_CLUST(entry, mydata->fatsize)) {
-		printf("Error: Invalid FAT entry: 0x%08x\n", entry);
+		log_err("Invalid FAT entry: %#08x\n", entry);
 		return ret;
 	}
 
@@ -586,19 +588,19 @@ static int get_fs_info(fsdata *mydata)
 	mydata->sect_size = (bs.sector_size[1] << 8) + bs.sector_size[0];
 	mydata->clust_size = bs.cluster_size;
 	if (mydata->sect_size != cur_part_info.blksz) {
-		printf("Error: FAT sector size mismatch (fs=%hu, dev=%lu)\n",
-				mydata->sect_size, cur_part_info.blksz);
+		log_err("FAT sector size mismatch (fs=%u, dev=%lu)\n",
+			mydata->sect_size, cur_part_info.blksz);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if (mydata->clust_size == 0) {
-		printf("Error: FAT cluster size not set\n");
+		log_err("FAT cluster size not set\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
 	if ((unsigned int)mydata->clust_size * mydata->sect_size >
 	    MAX_CLUSTSIZE) {
-		printf("Error: FAT cluster size too big (cs=%u, max=%u)\n",
-		       (unsigned int)mydata->clust_size * mydata->sect_size,
-		       MAX_CLUSTSIZE);
+		log_err("FAT cluster size too big (cs=%u, max=%u)\n",
+			(uint)mydata->clust_size * mydata->sect_size,
+			MAX_CLUSTSIZE);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
diff --git a/fs/fat/fat_write.c b/fs/fat/fat_write.c
index 413fc432eb..e2a9913f80 100644
--- a/fs/fat/fat_write.c
+++ b/fs/fat/fat_write.c
@@ -1571,8 +1571,9 @@ int fat_unlink(const char *filename)
 	char *filename_copy, *dirname, *basename;
 
 	filename_copy = strdup(filename);
-	if (!filename_copy) {
-		printf("Error: allocating memory\n");
+	itr = malloc_cache_aligned(sizeof(fat_itr));
+	if (!itr || !filename_copy) {
+		printf("Error: out of memory\n");
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto exit;
 	}
@@ -1584,13 +1585,6 @@ int fat_unlink(const char *filename)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	itr = malloc_cache_aligned(sizeof(fat_itr));
-	if (!itr) {
-		printf("Error: allocating memory\n");
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto exit;
-	}
-
 	ret = fat_itr_root(itr, &fsdata);
 	if (ret)
 		goto exit;
@@ -1605,7 +1599,7 @@ int fat_unlink(const char *filename)
 	}
 
 	if (!find_directory_entry(itr, basename)) {
-		printf("%s: doesn't exist\n", basename);
+		log_err("%s: doesn't exist (%d)\n", basename, -ENOENT);
 		ret = -ENOENT;
 		goto exit;
 	}