diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 1457e755dc49be9b2c44415fd5ce12e1a93be430..cd471abcedf771bb5d224a1f64550bfc9121333d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static void deinit_irq(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 }
 
-void wilc_dbg(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *buff)
+void wilc_dbg(u8 *buff)
 {
 	PRINT_D(INIT_DBG, "%d\n", *buff);
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
index 6ec6d6a2868c26387b92953a59f6b22280f601f5..4c8de8b19c835cc9b70e3b0856ad84cc8328cf04 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ extern struct net_device *WILC_WFI_devs[];
 void wilc_frmw_to_linux(struct wilc *wilc, u8 *buff, u32 size, u32 pkt_offset);
 void wilc_mac_indicate(struct wilc *wilc, int flag);
 void wilc_rx_complete(struct wilc *wilc);
-void wilc_dbg(struct wilc *, u8 *buff);
+void wilc_dbg(u8 *buff);
 
 int wilc_lock_timeout(struct wilc *wilc, void *, u32 timeout);
 void wilc_netdev_cleanup(struct wilc *wilc);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index a27185115e49b88cce9bbca8fe45a36d56a62b23..a73e99f64f27c87b951bd7b3e1ebc3c40be42560 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static void wilc_debug(u32 flag, char *fmt, ...)
 		vsprintf(buf, fmt, args);
 		va_end(args);
 
-		wilc_dbg(wilc_dev, buf);
+		wilc_dbg(buf);
 	}
 }