diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
index 258531bc1408..1b12afd33d95 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		pxmitbuf->ext_tag = false;
 
 		/* Tx buf allocation may fail sometimes, so sleep and retry. */
-		res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(padapter, pxmitbuf, (MAX_XMITBUF_SZ + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ));
+		res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(pxmitbuf, (MAX_XMITBUF_SZ + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ));
 		if (res == _FAIL) {
 			msleep(10);
-			res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(padapter, pxmitbuf, (MAX_XMITBUF_SZ + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ));
+			res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(pxmitbuf, (MAX_XMITBUF_SZ + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ));
 			if (res == _FAIL)
 				goto exit;
 		}
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ s32 _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 		pxmitbuf->padapter = padapter;
 		pxmitbuf->ext_tag = true;
 
-		res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(padapter, pxmitbuf, max_xmit_extbuf_size + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ);
+		res = rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(pxmitbuf, max_xmit_extbuf_size + XMITBUF_ALIGN_SZ);
 		if (res == _FAIL) {
 			res = _FAIL;
 			goto exit;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/xmit_osdep.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/xmit_osdep.h
index 5283a6d53700..5fd8ca51f156 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/xmit_osdep.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/xmit_osdep.h
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ int rtw_xmit_entry(struct sk_buff *pkt, struct  net_device *pnetdev);
 
 void rtw_os_xmit_schedule(struct adapter *padapter);
 
-int rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter,
-			       struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf, u32 alloc_sz);
+int rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf, u32 alloc_sz);
 void rtw_os_xmit_resource_free(struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf);
 
 void rtw_os_pkt_complete(struct adapter *padapter, struct sk_buff *pkt);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
index 017e1d628461..3ca1dc30efb7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/xmit_linux.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@
 #include <xmit_osdep.h>
 #include <osdep_intf.h>
 
-int rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(struct adapter *padapter,
-			       struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf, u32 alloc_sz)
+int rtw_os_xmit_resource_alloc(struct xmit_buf *pxmitbuf, u32 alloc_sz)
 {
 	int i;