diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 8d7b5a45c00523f4ca7ee5d58810b9d571ad4148..6c376311a9d7ee7a49ed84ebdb6b51434a6a9357 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -1703,18 +1703,17 @@ static noinline ssize_t __btrfs_buffered_write(struct file *file,
 	return num_written ? num_written : ret;
 }
 
-static ssize_t __btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb,
-				    struct iov_iter *from,
-				    loff_t pos)
+static ssize_t __btrfs_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
+	loff_t pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 	ssize_t written;
 	ssize_t written_buffered;
 	loff_t endbyte;
 	int err;
 
-	written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from, pos);
+	written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from);
 
 	if (written < 0 || !iov_iter_count(from))
 		return written;
@@ -1832,7 +1831,7 @@ static ssize_t btrfs_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb,
 		atomic_inc(&BTRFS_I(inode)->sync_writers);
 
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
-		num_written = __btrfs_direct_write(iocb, from, pos);
+		num_written = __btrfs_direct_write(iocb, from);
 	} else {
 		num_written = __btrfs_buffered_write(file, from, pos);
 		if (num_written > 0)
diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index 719924d6c7062bf9af20a0ecd561a77841954b17..7e8c4603d43adc91eebe9a913e959cbddc555ef2 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ static ssize_t fuse_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
 		loff_t pos = iocb->ki_pos;
-		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from, pos);
+		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from);
 		if (written < 0 || !iov_iter_count(from))
 			goto out;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 70e61b58baaf662d15f4ca67f355b5dcf8d52438..e9eaa2074061296519b3a17aabc73c56d41c071c 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2703,7 +2703,7 @@ extern ssize_t generic_write_checks(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_read_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
-extern ssize_t generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *, loff_t);
+extern ssize_t generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *, struct iov_iter *);
 extern ssize_t generic_perform_write(struct file *, struct iov_iter *, loff_t);
 
 ssize_t vfs_iter_read(struct file *file, struct iov_iter *iter, loff_t *ppos);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 5885925cdb5bd7d48ee1d5f49bd21cbb2f056278..e7108c31346d0c0b540284343bd31d5007ed76da 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2499,11 +2499,12 @@ int pagecache_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(pagecache_write_end);
 
 ssize_t
-generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from, loff_t pos)
+generic_file_direct_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 {
 	struct file	*file = iocb->ki_filp;
 	struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	struct inode	*inode = mapping->host;
+	loff_t		pos = iocb->ki_pos;
 	ssize_t		written;
 	size_t		write_len;
 	pgoff_t		end;
@@ -2717,7 +2718,7 @@ ssize_t __generic_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 	if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DIRECT) {
 		loff_t pos, endbyte;
 
-		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from, iocb->ki_pos);
+		written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, from);
 		/*
 		 * If the write stopped short of completing, fall back to
 		 * buffered writes.  Some filesystems do this for writes to