diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 9c85b54bf03c..0bb566315621 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ extern void init_extra_mapping_uc(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size);
 extern void init_extra_mapping_wb(unsigned long phys, unsigned long size);
 
 #define gup_fast_permitted gup_fast_permitted
-static inline bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages,
-		int write)
+static inline bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages)
 {
 	unsigned long len, end;
 
diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index 22291db50013..f84e22685aaa 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,7 @@ static void gup_pgd_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
  * Check if it's allowed to use __get_user_pages_fast() for the range, or
  * we need to fall back to the slow version:
  */
-bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write)
+bool gup_fast_permitted(unsigned long start, int nr_pages)
 {
 	unsigned long len, end;
 
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 	 * block IPIs that come from THPs splitting.
 	 */
 
-	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages, write)) {
+	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages)) {
 		local_irq_save(flags);
 		gup_pgd_range(start, end, write, pages, &nr);
 		local_irq_restore(flags);
@@ -2023,7 +2023,7 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 	if (unlikely(!access_ok((void __user *)start, len)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages, write)) {
+	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages)) {
 		local_irq_disable();
 		gup_pgd_range(addr, end, write, pages, &nr);
 		local_irq_enable();