diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 87a8282e5d86..5179a7a04f2c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2830,8 +2830,7 @@ extern int ext4_htree_store_dirent(struct file *dir_file, __u32 hash,
 				struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *dirent,
 				struct fscrypt_str *ent_name);
 extern void ext4_htree_free_dir_info(struct dir_private_info *p);
-extern int ext4_find_dest_de(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
-			     struct buffer_head *bh,
+extern int ext4_find_dest_de(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
 			     void *buf, int buf_size,
 			     struct ext4_filename *fname,
 			     struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **dest_de);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index 6c3e8c8ccdf4..a9d333619241 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ static int ext4_add_dirent_to_inline(handle_t *handle,
 	int		err;
 	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
 
-	err = ext4_find_dest_de(dir, inode, iloc->bh, inline_start,
+	err = ext4_find_dest_de(dir, iloc->bh, inline_start,
 				inline_size, fname, &de);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index cdac16fad909..15612634376a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2036,8 +2036,7 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
-int ext4_find_dest_de(struct inode *dir, struct inode *inode,
-		      struct buffer_head *bh,
+int ext4_find_dest_de(struct inode *dir, struct buffer_head *bh,
 		      void *buf, int buf_size,
 		      struct ext4_filename *fname,
 		      struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **dest_de)
@@ -2123,7 +2122,7 @@ static int add_dirent_to_buf(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
 		csum_size = sizeof(struct ext4_dir_entry_tail);
 
 	if (!de) {
-		err = ext4_find_dest_de(dir, inode, bh, bh->b_data,
+		err = ext4_find_dest_de(dir, bh, bh->b_data,
 					blocksize - csum_size, fname, &de);
 		if (err)
 			return err;