diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
index 19ba233cf006e24dd971428271f8e9379713bbe5..fa2525b2e9d798c5f2f9249eac65d3a0c0cdcdfd 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs3proc.c
@@ -282,8 +282,7 @@ nfsd3_proc_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd3_symlinkargs *argp,
 	fh_copy(&resp->dirfh, &argp->ffh);
 	fh_init(&resp->fh, NFS3_FHSIZE);
 	nfserr = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &resp->dirfh, argp->fname, argp->flen,
-						   argp->tname,
-						   &resp->fh, &argp->attrs);
+						   argp->tname, &resp->fh);
 	RETURN_STATUS(nfserr);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
index b57c8826ce083b4cdd3c9f6cdc3c08eb6c4adcf4..9425ffc4880959e7dfe7ccc6bb1518494d5d8501 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4proc.c
@@ -623,8 +623,7 @@ nfsd4_create(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd4_compound_state *cstate,
 	case NF4LNK:
 		status = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &cstate->current_fh,
 				      create->cr_name, create->cr_namelen,
-				      create->cr_data,
-				      &resfh, &create->cr_iattr);
+				      create->cr_data, &resfh);
 		break;
 
 	case NF4BLK:
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 583ed03877e42caf5a8f23b677cdb64f763ada10..eff49552cdc85aaec39bbcf04431a1f0d1e9b191 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -409,9 +409,7 @@ nfsd_proc_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct nfsd_symlinkargs *argp,
 	 */
 	argp->tname[argp->tlen] = '\0';
 	nfserr = nfsd_symlink(rqstp, &argp->ffh, argp->fname, argp->flen,
-						 argp->tname,
-				 		 &newfh, &argp->attrs);
-
+						 argp->tname, &newfh);
 
 	fh_put(&argp->ffh);
 	fh_put(&newfh);
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 7518c65f9a5ae438ebcec546f5a98329c476ba97..730f31964597b5e3591aa860cfcd808f5d9135d4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -1505,8 +1505,7 @@ __be32
 nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct svc_fh *fhp,
 				char *fname, int flen,
 				char *path,
-				struct svc_fh *resfhp,
-				struct iattr *iap)
+				struct svc_fh *resfhp)
 {
 	struct dentry	*dentry, *dnew;
 	__be32		err, cerr;
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
index 20e4b6679e4629958490b3c2f51b3d827af28898..c2ff3f14e5f6146fc4d0ea72f063d32e615921e4 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ __be32		nfsd_readlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				char *, int *);
 __be32		nfsd_symlink(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				char *name, int len, char *path,
-				struct svc_fh *res, struct iattr *);
+				struct svc_fh *res);
 __be32		nfsd_link(struct svc_rqst *, struct svc_fh *,
 				char *, int, struct svc_fh *);
 __be32		nfsd_rename(struct svc_rqst *,