diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 13265a8827da9b7cfa15d209c46634ec6a939486..cd21b34fe5092b41a250c8bb74c89278215f5a4f 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ static int idecd_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	err = generic_ide_ioctl(info->drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+	err = generic_ide_ioctl(info->drive, bdev, cmd, arg);
 	if (err == -EINVAL)
 		err = cdrom_ioctl(file, &info->devinfo, inode, cmd, arg);
 
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-disk_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-disk_ioctl.c
index a49698bcf9667e097ae7ab3899aae29efa5b3136..41832af400d6632797e167acbd895c4eaeff1335 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-disk_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-disk_ioctl.c
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ int ide_disk_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	if (err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 		return err;
 
-	return generic_ide_ioctl(drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+	return generic_ide_ioctl(drive, bdev, cmd, arg);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
index 3c9da4ac93410b3a1ac0ca709bc8170ce3bc7c83..5af70a2c9ef889422c7d6206a54f6fb4ce735fe6 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-floppy_ioctl.c
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ int ide_floppy_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct inode *inode,
 				file ? file->f_mode : 0, cmd, argp);
 
 	if (err == -ENOTTY)
-		err = generic_ide_ioctl(drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+		err = generic_ide_ioctl(drive, bdev, cmd, arg);
 
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
index a90945f4979287ca8d260d65c4fab2e144a846af..fcde16bb53a71498ab6000626b49a2581e9df591 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-ioctls.c
@@ -240,8 +240,7 @@ static int generic_drive_reset(ide_drive_t *drive)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct file *file,
-		      struct block_device *bdev,
+int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *drive, struct block_device *bdev,
 		      unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	int err;
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index b2b2e5e8d38ebf499ec78ffd48df02d2b88496f9..2b263281ffea93d725ab350d8b023c3633d5d9f5 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ static int idetape_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 	struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev;
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = ide_drv_g(bdev->bd_disk, ide_tape_obj);
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
-	int err = generic_ide_ioctl(drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+	int err = generic_ide_ioctl(drive, bdev, cmd, arg);
 	if (err == -EINVAL)
 		err = idetape_blkdev_ioctl(drive, cmd, arg);
 	return err;
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
index afc96e844a25d84cc45dafa7175cea1dc7b86101..5bcc04e82c28e46586b5b5506c7b6c427327b6cc 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ide-scsi.c
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ static int idescsi_ide_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = inode->i_bdev;
 	struct ide_scsi_obj *scsi = ide_scsi_g(bdev->bd_disk);
-	return generic_ide_ioctl(scsi->drive, file, bdev, cmd, arg);
+	return generic_ide_ioctl(scsi->drive, bdev, cmd, arg);
 }
 
 static struct block_device_operations idescsi_ops = {
diff --git a/include/linux/ide.h b/include/linux/ide.h
index 89e53cfbc787fdcb60635764ce9bae5d48239287..0d03e83f7194438d4d29d8c886970a7fd16491d4 100644
--- a/include/linux/ide.h
+++ b/include/linux/ide.h
@@ -1158,8 +1158,7 @@ struct ide_ioctl_devset {
 int ide_setting_ioctl(ide_drive_t *, struct block_device *, unsigned int,
 		      unsigned long, const struct ide_ioctl_devset *);
 
-int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *, struct file *, struct block_device *,
-		      unsigned, unsigned long);
+int generic_ide_ioctl(ide_drive_t *, struct block_device *, unsigned, unsigned long);
 
 extern int ide_vlb_clk;
 extern int ide_pci_clk;