diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 3994f012a9de72b46b901045980ffe8913471d52..71b4370a3f91ca0da83dfb7ee94e115ce431be27 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2802,8 +2802,7 @@ extern int ext4_search_dir(struct buffer_head *bh,
 			   struct ext4_filename *fname,
 			   unsigned int offset,
 			   struct ext4_dir_entry_2 **res_dir);
-extern int ext4_generic_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
-				     struct inode *dir,
+extern int ext4_generic_delete_entry(struct inode *dir,
 				     struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
 				     struct buffer_head *bh,
 				     void *entry_buf,
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inline.c b/fs/ext4/inline.c
index c3a1ad2db1227bbcec24468ec50a83e4cad8e4c3..13054653a06a3523f87ff98c6691c296544388e9 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inline.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inline.c
@@ -1706,7 +1706,7 @@ int ext4_delete_inline_entry(handle_t *handle,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = ext4_generic_delete_entry(handle, dir, de_del, bh,
+	err = ext4_generic_delete_entry(dir, de_del, bh,
 					inline_start, inline_size, 0);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index b92571beab72786c94668fb6d3d3d8596f545f16..153a9fbe1dd06948dd76fa1041c086342d802a19 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -2465,8 +2465,7 @@ static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct ext4_filename *fname,
  * ext4_generic_delete_entry deletes a directory entry by merging it
  * with the previous entry
  */
-int ext4_generic_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
-			      struct inode *dir,
+int ext4_generic_delete_entry(struct inode *dir,
 			      struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de_del,
 			      struct buffer_head *bh,
 			      void *entry_buf,
@@ -2527,8 +2526,7 @@ static int ext4_delete_entry(handle_t *handle,
 	if (unlikely(err))
 		goto out;
 
-	err = ext4_generic_delete_entry(handle, dir, de_del,
-					bh, bh->b_data,
+	err = ext4_generic_delete_entry(dir, de_del, bh, bh->b_data,
 					dir->i_sb->s_blocksize, csum_size);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;