diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 50a01546ac34..2dcc0fb5a69e 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ static bool mptcp_can_accept_new_subflow(const struct mptcp_sock *msk)
 }
 
 /* validate received token and create truncated hmac and nonce for SYN-ACK */
-static struct mptcp_sock *subflow_token_join_request(struct request_sock *req,
-						     const struct sk_buff *skb)
+static struct mptcp_sock *subflow_token_join_request(struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	struct mptcp_subflow_request_sock *subflow_req = mptcp_subflow_rsk(req);
 	u8 hmac[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
@@ -181,7 +180,7 @@ again:
 		subflow_req->remote_id = mp_opt.join_id;
 		subflow_req->token = mp_opt.token;
 		subflow_req->remote_nonce = mp_opt.nonce;
-		subflow_req->msk = subflow_token_join_request(req, skb);
+		subflow_req->msk = subflow_token_join_request(req);
 
 		/* Can't fall back to TCP in this case. */
 		if (!subflow_req->msk)