diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index a1d793e799825f1153695cba17f5b1e0a2c87dd2..dd18861f77c059e9e55654aa848b10b5c5ee1704 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1049,8 +1049,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_setup_cmd);
  * >0: nvme controller's cqe status response
  * <0: kernel error in lieu of controller response
  */
-static int nvme_execute_rq(struct gendisk *disk, struct request *rq,
-		bool at_head)
+static int nvme_execute_rq(struct request *rq, bool at_head)
 {
 	blk_status_t status;
 
@@ -1090,7 +1089,7 @@ int __nvme_submit_sync_cmd(struct request_queue *q, struct nvme_command *cmd,
 			goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = nvme_execute_rq(NULL, req, at_head);
+	ret = nvme_execute_rq(req, at_head);
 	if (result && ret >= 0)
 		*result = nvme_req(req)->result;
  out:
@@ -1206,12 +1205,11 @@ int nvme_execute_passthru_rq(struct request *rq)
 	struct nvme_command *cmd = nvme_req(rq)->cmd;
 	struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl = nvme_req(rq)->ctrl;
 	struct nvme_ns *ns = rq->q->queuedata;
-	struct gendisk *disk = ns ? ns->disk : NULL;
 	u32 effects;
 	int  ret;
 
 	effects = nvme_passthru_start(ctrl, ns, cmd->common.opcode);
-	ret = nvme_execute_rq(disk, rq, false);
+	ret = nvme_execute_rq(rq, false);
 	if (effects) /* nothing to be done for zero cmd effects */
 		nvme_passthru_end(ctrl, effects, cmd, ret);