diff --git a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
index adf8db44cf860d61dd7e64074c93f865f511bf5c..e61184fbfb710c06632a91d6362401079fd98462 100644
--- a/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
+++ b/include/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_count.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ void nf_conncount_destroy(struct net *net, unsigned int family,
 unsigned int nf_conncount_count(struct net *net,
 				struct nf_conncount_data *data,
 				const u32 *key,
-				unsigned int family,
 				const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
 				const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone);
 #endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
index 6d65389e308f4ba10c5eac881758833fe22909d6..9305a08b442272b9f559926b7986fa6867becc0c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conncount.c
@@ -158,7 +158,6 @@ static void tree_nodes_free(struct rb_root *root,
 static unsigned int
 count_tree(struct net *net, struct rb_root *root,
 	   const u32 *key, u8 keylen,
-	   u8 family,
 	   const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
 	   const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
 {
@@ -246,7 +245,6 @@ count_tree(struct net *net, struct rb_root *root,
 unsigned int nf_conncount_count(struct net *net,
 				struct nf_conncount_data *data,
 				const u32 *key,
-				unsigned int family,
 				const struct nf_conntrack_tuple *tuple,
 				const struct nf_conntrack_zone *zone)
 {
@@ -259,7 +257,7 @@ unsigned int nf_conncount_count(struct net *net,
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&nf_conncount_locks[hash % CONNCOUNT_LOCK_SLOTS]);
 
-	count = count_tree(net, root, key, data->keylen, family, tuple, zone);
+	count = count_tree(net, root, key, data->keylen, tuple, zone);
 
 	spin_unlock_bh(&nf_conncount_locks[hash % CONNCOUNT_LOCK_SLOTS]);
 
diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
index b1b17b9353e1d10b111c19755aa4e6b7143bda90..6275106ccf508fd83d62e4b7b48d2f07587614fb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_connlimit.c
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ connlimit_mt(const struct sk_buff *skb, struct xt_action_param *par)
 		key[1] = zone->id;
 	}
 
-	connections = nf_conncount_count(net, info->data, key,
-					 xt_family(par), tuple_ptr, zone);
+	connections = nf_conncount_count(net, info->data, key, tuple_ptr,
+					 zone);
 	if (connections == 0)
 		/* kmalloc failed, drop it entirely */
 		goto hotdrop;