diff --git a/fs/ubifs/tnc_misc.c b/fs/ubifs/tnc_misc.c
index d90ee01076a9..6ce75999f273 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/tnc_misc.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/tnc_misc.c
@@ -265,9 +265,7 @@ long ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree(const struct ubifs_info *c,
 /**
  * read_znode - read an indexing node from flash and fill znode.
  * @c: UBIFS file-system description object
- * @lnum: LEB of the indexing node to read
- * @offs: node offset
- * @len: node length
+ * @zzbr: the zbranch describing the node to read
  * @znode: znode to read to
  *
  * This function reads an indexing node from the flash media and fills znode
@@ -276,9 +274,12 @@ long ubifs_destroy_tnc_subtree(const struct ubifs_info *c,
  * is wrong with it, this function prints complaint messages and returns
  * %-EINVAL.
  */
-static int read_znode(struct ubifs_info *c, int lnum, int offs, int len,
+static int read_znode(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_zbranch *zzbr,
 		      struct ubifs_znode *znode)
 {
+	int lnum = zzbr->lnum;
+	int offs = zzbr->offs;
+	int len = zzbr->len;
 	int i, err, type, cmp;
 	struct ubifs_idx_node *idx;
 
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ struct ubifs_znode *ubifs_load_znode(struct ubifs_info *c,
 	if (!znode)
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-	err = read_znode(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs, zbr->len, znode);
+	err = read_znode(c, zbr, znode);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;