diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
index ed16fbedaabd..c021186736e9 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-eh.c
@@ -2532,8 +2532,7 @@ static int ata_do_reset(struct ata_link *link, ata_reset_fn_t reset,
 	return reset(link, classes, deadline);
 }
 
-static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(struct ata_link *link,
-				       int rc, const unsigned int *classes)
+static int ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(struct ata_link *link, int rc)
 {
 	if ((link->flags & ATA_LFLAG_NO_SRST) || ata_link_offline(link))
 		return 0;
@@ -2726,7 +2725,7 @@ int ata_eh_reset(struct ata_link *link, int classify,
 
 		/* perform follow-up SRST if necessary */
 		if (reset == hardreset &&
-		    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(link, rc, classes)) {
+		    ata_eh_followup_srst_needed(link, rc)) {
 			reset = softreset;
 
 			if (!reset) {