diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
index 0b9f1e8dfe49b..f7ca7165e66ee 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_tables_api.c
@@ -2598,9 +2598,8 @@ int nft_chain_add(struct nft_table *table, struct nft_chain *chain)
 
 static u64 chain_id;
 
-static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 genmask,
-			      u8 policy, u32 flags,
-			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int nf_tables_addchain(struct nft_ctx *ctx, u8 family, u8 policy,
+			      u32 flags, struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
 	const struct nlattr * const *nla = ctx->nla;
 	struct nft_table *table = ctx->table;
@@ -3038,7 +3037,7 @@ static int nf_tables_newchain(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct nfnl_info *info,
 					  extack);
 	}
 
-	return nf_tables_addchain(&ctx, family, genmask, policy, flags, extack);
+	return nf_tables_addchain(&ctx, family, policy, flags, extack);
 }
 
 static int nft_delchain_hook(struct nft_ctx *ctx,