diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index 089c958aa2c3..018d5d3c6eeb 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -6183,19 +6183,19 @@ error_return:
  * @sb:		super block for the file system
  * @start:	starting block of the free extent in the alloc. group
  * @count:	number of blocks to TRIM
- * @group:	alloc. group we are working with
  * @e4b:	ext4 buddy for the group
  *
  * Trim "count" blocks starting at "start" in the "group". To assure that no
  * one will allocate those blocks, mark it as used in buddy bitmap. This must
  * be called with under the group lock.
  */
-static int ext4_trim_extent(struct super_block *sb, int start, int count,
-			     ext4_group_t group, struct ext4_buddy *e4b)
+static int ext4_trim_extent(struct super_block *sb,
+		int start, int count, struct ext4_buddy *e4b)
 __releases(bitlock)
 __acquires(bitlock)
 {
 	struct ext4_free_extent ex;
+	ext4_group_t group = e4b->bd_group;
 	int ret = 0;
 
 	trace_ext4_trim_extent(sb, group, start, count);
@@ -6271,8 +6271,7 @@ ext4_trim_all_free(struct super_block *sb, ext4_group_t group,
 		next = mb_find_next_bit(bitmap, max + 1, start);
 
 		if ((next - start) >= minblocks) {
-			ret = ext4_trim_extent(sb, start,
-					       next - start, group, &e4b);
+			ret = ext4_trim_extent(sb, start, next - start, &e4b);
 			if (ret && ret != -EOPNOTSUPP)
 				break;
 			ret = 0;