diff --git a/drivers/base/memory.c b/drivers/base/memory.c
index 6bea4f3f8040..e5485c22ef77 100644
--- a/drivers/base/memory.c
+++ b/drivers/base/memory.c
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ static ssize_t soft_offline_page_store(struct device *dev,
 	pfn >>= PAGE_SHIFT;
 	if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
 		return -ENXIO;
-	ret = soft_offline_page(pfn_to_page(pfn), 0);
+	ret = soft_offline_page(pfn_to_page(pfn));
 	return ret == 0 ? count : ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fb36a4165a4e..3cc800d9f57a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2827,7 +2827,7 @@ extern int sysctl_memory_failure_early_kill;
 extern int sysctl_memory_failure_recovery;
 extern void shake_page(struct page *p, int access);
 extern atomic_long_t num_poisoned_pages __read_mostly;
-extern int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags);
+extern int soft_offline_page(struct page *page);
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index fbe6d402232c..ece128211400 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -906,7 +906,7 @@ static int madvise_inject_error(int behavior,
 			pr_info("Soft offlining pfn %#lx at process virtual address %#lx\n",
 					pfn, start);
 
-			ret = soft_offline_page(page, 0);
+			ret = soft_offline_page(page);
 			if (ret)
 				return ret;
 			continue;
diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index 1be785b25324..5071d39bdfef 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -1478,7 +1478,7 @@ static void memory_failure_work_func(struct work_struct *work)
 		if (!gotten)
 			break;
 		if (entry.flags & MF_SOFT_OFFLINE)
-			soft_offline_page(pfn_to_page(entry.pfn), entry.flags);
+			soft_offline_page(pfn_to_page(entry.pfn));
 		else
 			memory_failure(entry.pfn, entry.flags);
 	}
@@ -1611,7 +1611,7 @@ static struct page *new_page(struct page *p, unsigned long private)
  * that is not free, and 1 for any other page type.
  * For 1 the page is returned with increased page count, otherwise not.
  */
-static int __get_any_page(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
+static int __get_any_page(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -1638,9 +1638,9 @@ static int __get_any_page(struct page *p, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int get_any_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
+static int get_any_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn)
 {
-	int ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn, flags);
+	int ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn);
 
 	if (ret == 1 && !PageHuge(page) &&
 	    !PageLRU(page) && !__PageMovable(page)) {
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ static int get_any_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 		/*
 		 * Did it turn free?
 		 */
-		ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn, 0);
+		ret = __get_any_page(page, pfn);
 		if (ret == 1 && !PageLRU(page)) {
 			/* Drop page reference which is from __get_any_page() */
 			put_hwpoison_page(page);
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ static int get_any_page(struct page *page, unsigned long pfn, int flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
+static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ static int soft_offline_huge_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
+static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
@@ -1804,7 +1804,7 @@ static int __soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page, int flags)
+static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 	int mt;
@@ -1834,9 +1834,9 @@ static int soft_offline_in_use_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	mt = get_pageblock_migratetype(page);
 	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, MIGRATE_ISOLATE);
 	if (PageHuge(page))
-		ret = soft_offline_huge_page(page, flags);
+		ret = soft_offline_huge_page(page);
 	else
-		ret = __soft_offline_page(page, flags);
+		ret = __soft_offline_page(page);
 	set_pageblock_migratetype(page, mt);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -1857,7 +1857,6 @@ static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
 /**
  * soft_offline_page - Soft offline a page.
  * @page: page to offline
- * @flags: flags. Same as memory_failure().
  *
  * Returns 0 on success, otherwise negated errno.
  *
@@ -1876,7 +1875,7 @@ static int soft_offline_free_page(struct page *page)
  * This is not a 100% solution for all memory, but tries to be
  * ``good enough'' for the majority of memory.
  */
-int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
+int soft_offline_page(struct page *page)
 {
 	int ret;
 	unsigned long pfn = page_to_pfn(page);
@@ -1893,11 +1892,11 @@ int soft_offline_page(struct page *page, int flags)
 	}
 
 	get_online_mems();
-	ret = get_any_page(page, pfn, flags);
+	ret = get_any_page(page, pfn);
 	put_online_mems();
 
 	if (ret > 0)
-		ret = soft_offline_in_use_page(page, flags);
+		ret = soft_offline_in_use_page(page);
 	else if (ret == 0)
 		ret = soft_offline_free_page(page);
 
