diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index b258444511a735bc9fca3d583ac4fdea82934eab..de70cb7789f25f4f4a7713685dbe3f77ed79e486 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1587,7 +1587,7 @@ static idetape_stage_t *__idetape_kmalloc_stage(idetape_tape_t *tape, int full,
 }
 
 static int idetape_copy_stage_from_user(idetape_tape_t *tape,
-		idetape_stage_t *stage, const char __user *buf, int n)
+					const char __user *buf, int n)
 {
 	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->bh;
 	int count;
@@ -2588,8 +2588,7 @@ static ssize_t idetape_chrdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 		actually_written = min((unsigned int)
 				(tape->stage_size - tape->merge_stage_size),
 				(unsigned int)count);
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf,
-						 actually_written))
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, actually_written))
 				ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += actually_written;
 		tape->merge_stage_size += actually_written;
@@ -2605,8 +2604,7 @@ static ssize_t idetape_chrdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	}
 	while (count >= tape->stage_size) {
 		ssize_t retval;
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf,
-						 tape->stage_size))
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, tape->stage_size))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += tape->stage_size;
 		count -= tape->stage_size;
@@ -2617,8 +2615,7 @@ static ssize_t idetape_chrdev_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	}
 	if (count) {
 		actually_written += count;
-		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf,
-						 count))
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, buf, count))
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 		tape->merge_stage_size += count;
 	}