diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
index 1092906867f00d3ab312d77aa1e68db1d092a4f3..2806a5c528c8c51d584f8019dffd7e6bab41573b 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c
+++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c
@@ -1884,8 +1884,7 @@ static void section_rel(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf,
  * to find all references to a section that reference a section that will
  * be discarded and warns about it.
  **/
-static void check_sec_ref(struct module *mod, const char *modname,
-			  struct elf_info *elf)
+static void check_sec_ref(const char *modname, struct elf_info *elf)
 {
 	int i;
 	Elf_Shdr *sechdrs = elf->sechdrs;
@@ -2091,7 +2090,7 @@ static void read_symbols(const char *modname)
 		}
 	}
 
-	check_sec_ref(mod, modname, &info);
+	check_sec_ref(modname, &info);
 
 	if (!mod->is_vmlinux) {
 		version = get_modinfo(&info, "version");