diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 5550f8afa438..0ec63a1a94b8 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -508,7 +508,6 @@ static int __ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct inode *dir,
 				struct inode *inode,
 				dev_t dev,
 				struct buffer_head **new_fe_bh,
-				struct buffer_head *parent_fe_bh,
 				handle_t *handle,
 				struct ocfs2_alloc_context *inode_ac,
 				u64 fe_blkno, u64 suballoc_loc, u16 suballoc_bit)
@@ -641,8 +640,8 @@ static int ocfs2_mknod_locked(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 	}
 
 	return __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode, dev, new_fe_bh,
-				    parent_fe_bh, handle, inode_ac,
-				    fe_blkno, suballoc_loc, suballoc_bit);
+				    handle, inode_ac, fe_blkno,
+				    suballoc_loc, suballoc_bit);
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_mkdir(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
@@ -2576,7 +2575,7 @@ int ocfs2_create_inode_in_orphan(struct inode *dir,
 	clear_nlink(inode);
 	/* do the real work now. */
 	status = __ocfs2_mknod_locked(dir, inode,
-				      0, &new_di_bh, parent_di_bh, handle,
+				      0, &new_di_bh, handle,
 				      inode_ac, di_blkno, suballoc_loc,
 				      suballoc_bit);
 	if (status < 0) {