diff --git a/fs/bio.c b/fs/bio.c
index ca55d37436d6ea5a9128a24411a975532d784145..96d28eee8a1eeb425f0025f4c0ccaa61e184f8ab 100644
--- a/fs/bio.c
+++ b/fs/bio.c
@@ -1013,8 +1013,7 @@ static void bio_set_map_data(struct bio_map_data *bmd, struct bio *bio,
 	bio->bi_private = bmd;
 }
 
-static struct bio_map_data *bio_alloc_map_data(int nr_segs,
-					       unsigned int iov_count,
+static struct bio_map_data *bio_alloc_map_data(unsigned int iov_count,
 					       gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	if (iov_count > UIO_MAXIOV)
@@ -1156,7 +1155,7 @@ struct bio *bio_copy_user_iov(struct request_queue *q,
 	if (offset)
 		nr_pages++;
 
-	bmd = bio_alloc_map_data(nr_pages, iov_count, gfp_mask);
+	bmd = bio_alloc_map_data(iov_count, gfp_mask);
 	if (!bmd)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);