diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
index 7cc6b18230ec0988a8f2c967fdf0e68646802371..6ed348d8d3eb75e31010b6295bd3668b046c4853 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
+++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
@@ -2088,7 +2088,7 @@ extern int ext4_change_inode_journal_flag(struct inode *, int);
 extern int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *, struct ext4_iloc *);
 extern int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode);
 extern void ext4_truncate(struct inode *);
-extern int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length);
+extern int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length);
 extern int ext4_truncate_restart_trans(handle_t *, struct inode *, int nblocks);
 extern void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *);
 extern void ext4_get_inode_flags(struct ext4_inode_info *);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 51e41687f51e81613a3add41712c782a171878db..937593e2f00685db06a20ce4827279b2116d7e3c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -4463,7 +4463,7 @@ long ext4_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (mode & FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE)
-		return ext4_punch_hole(file, offset, len);
+		return ext4_punch_hole(inode, offset, len);
 
 	ret = ext4_convert_inline_data(inode);
 	if (ret)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index f9ba51f687776c42a13251ca7d9771ea4339df2a..753c15683809ae5652248dc17205f3bd81a373f8 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -3481,9 +3481,8 @@ int ext4_can_truncate(struct inode *inode)
  * Returns: 0 on success or negative on failure
  */
 
-int ext4_punch_hole(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
+int ext4_punch_hole(struct inode *inode, loff_t offset, loff_t length)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = file_inode(file);
 	struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 	ext4_lblk_t first_block, stop_block;
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;